(verb) : irrĭgo (inr-), āvi, ātum, 1, 1. inrigo
* To lead or conduct water or other liquids to a place.
* Lit.: amurcam ad arbores,Cato, R. R. 36: aquam in areas,id. ib. 151: imbres (plantis),Verg. G. 4, 115.
* Transf.
* 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.
* Trop.
* To wet, moisten, bedew: terram sanguine,Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 159: irrigat terram cruor,Sen. Thyest. 44: fletu genas,id. Phoen. 441.
* To supply with fluid: venas quae sub cute sunt. Cels. 7, 7, 15; cf. Flor. 1, 23, 2.
* 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.
* To flood, overwhelm (com.): irrigatus plagis,i.e. beaten soundly,Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 18.

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