irritamentum Latin · revision 32896

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=86–34 BC, Sallust|origins=ine-pro *h₃riH-to-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''irrītāmentum''' ''n'' (genitive irrītāmentī); second declension^(OLD 2012)

+ It is often spelled ''inr-''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|irrītō|-mentum|t1=to provoke]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan takes [[m|la|irrītō]] as probably a verb made from [[itc-pro|*rīto-|t=stirred]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃riH-to-|t=whirled, stirred]], and compares [[sa|रीयते|tr=rī́yate|t=to flow, whirl]] and [[grc|ὀρίνω|tr=orī́nō|t=to whirl]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and the TLL date it from Sallust,^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) who writes of things that stir the appetite.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is whatever provokes or excites, an incentive, stimulus or spur, most often in the plural.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) After Sallust it is found in Ovid and Livy and then through all Latinity, but rarely in poetry.^(TLL) Livy has soldiers' anger sharpened by provocations, Tacitus incitements to envy.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short give ''incitāmentum'', ''invītāmentum'' and ''illecebra'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of stimulants of the appetite.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of provocations to anger.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of incitements to envy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # That which provokes or excites; an [[m|en|incentive]], [[m|en|stimulus]], spur.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[irrito|alt=irrītō]]

+ * [[incitamentum|alt=incitāmentum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}