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|lshtext=<b>irrĭgo</b>: (inr-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. inrigo,<br /><b>I</b> to [[lead]] or [[conduct]] [[water]] or [[other]] liquids to a [[place]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: amurcam ad arbores, [[Cato]], R. R. 36: aquam in areas, id. ib. 151: imbres (plantis), Verg. G. 4, 115.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[water]], [[irrigate]]: Aegyptum [[Nilus]] irrigat, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; cf. [[fig]].: [[Democritus]], cujus fontibus [[Epicurus]] hortulos suos inrigavit, id. ib. 1, 43, 120: jugera L. prati, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3: hortos, Just. 11, 10, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[overflow]], [[inundate]]: Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus, Liv. 7, 3: [[Pactolus]] irrigat culta [[auro]], Verg. A. 10, 142.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[wet]], [[moisten]], [[bedew]]: terram [[sanguine]], Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 159: irrigat terram [[cruor]], Sen. Thyest. 44: fletu genas, id. Phoen. 441. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> To [[supply]] [[with]] [[fluid]]: venas quae sub cute sunt. Cels. 7, 7, 15; cf. Flor. 1, 23, 2.—<br /><b>III</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[cheer]], [[refresh]], [[nourish]], [[strengthen]], [[flood]], [[diffuse]]: vino aetatem, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86: per aures [[pectus]], Lucil. ap. Non. 497, 31: sol irrigat [[assidue]] [[caelum]] candore recenti, Lucr. 5, 282: per membra quietem, to [[diffuse]], id. 4, 908; cf.: alicui placidam per membra quietem, Verg. A. 1, 692: fessos [[sopor]] irrigat [[artus]], id. ib. 3, 511: ut studiosi juvenes lectione severa irrigarentur, Petr. 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[flood]], [[overwhelm]] (com.): irrigatus plagis, i.e. [[beaten]] [[soundly]], Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 18.
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