I.gen. iraï “for irae,” Lucr. 3, 303), f. kindred to Sanscr. īr, tremere, commoveri; cf.: ir-ya, vigorous; iras-yati, to be angry; Gr. ἔρις, ἐρέθω.
I. Prop., anger, wrath, rage, ire: “ira est libido poeniendi ejus, qui videatur laesisse injuriā,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 21: “ira, quae quamdiu perturbationem habet, dubitationem non habet,” id. ib. 4, 36, 77: “ira furor brevis est,” Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62: “ira est cupiditas ulciscendae injuriae, Sen. de Ira, 1, 2, 4: facit ira nocentem Hunc sexum,” Juv. 6, 647: “facere aliquid per iram,” in anger, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 79: “plus irae suae quam utilitati communi paruisse,” to his anger, Nep. Alc. 4, 6: “irā et dolore incensus,” id. Pelop. 5, 4: “irā commotus,” Sall. C. 31, 6: “acuere iram,” id. ib. 12, 590: “attollere,” id. ib. 2, 381: “concipere,” Just. 5, 10: “concitare,” Ov. P. 4, 14, 41: “evomere in aliquem,” Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 14: “vertere in aliquem,” Hor. Epod. 5, 54: “non sufficit irae occidisse aliquem,” Juv. 15, 169: “indulgere irae,” Liv. 23, 3: “iram exstinguere,” Petr. 94: “contundere,” Col. 6, 2: “frangere,” Quint. 6, 3, 9: “lenire,” id. 3, 8, 12: “ponere,” Hor. A. P. 160: “moderari irae,” id. Ep. 1, 2, 59: “pone irae frena modumque,” Juv. 8, 88: “quantulacumque est occasio, sufficit irae,” id. 13, 183: “dum defervescat ira,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: deflagrat, Liv. 40, 8: “decedit,” Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 55: “irae sunt inter aliquos,” id. And. 3, 3, 20: “ira inter eas intercessit,” id. Hec. 3, 1, 25: “in Romanos, propter obsides nuper interfectos,” Liv. 25, 15, 7: “adversus Romanos,” id. 36, 6, 1: “ira deorum,” Ov. M. 1, 378; Juv. 13, 100: “numinis,” Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 23: “deūm,” Verg. A. 3, 215: “Junonis,” id. ib. 1, 4: “in quorum mente pares sunt Et similes ira atque fames,” Juv. 15, 131.— Plur.: “veteres in Populum Romanum irae,” Liv. 21, 25, 2: “excitare iras,” Verg. A. 2, 594: “horribiles exercere iras,” id. G. 3, 152: “mollire iras,” Liv. 1, 9: “induere,” Stat. Th. 1, 38: “quicquid ex foedere rupto irarum in nos caelestium fuit,” Liv. 9, 1: “iras plumbeas gerere,” heavy, Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 18: “inde irae et lacrimae,” Juv. 1, 168.— With obj.-gen., on account of: “ob iram fugae,” Liv. 27, 7: “amissae praedae,” id. 1, 5: “diremptae pacis,” id. 9, 8; 21, 2; 37, 51: “ereptae virginis,” Verg. A. 2, 413.—So, plur.: “irae imperatorum,” against the commanders, Liv. 8, 30: “cladum,” because of, indignation at, Sil. 12, 271.—
II. Transf.
A. A cause of anger, provocation: “aut age, dic aliquam, quae te mutaverit, iram,” Ov. P. 4, 3, 21. —
B. An object of anger or hatred: “justae quibus est Mezentius irae,” Verg. A. 10, 714 Jan. ad loc.: “Hannibal est irae tibi,” Sil. 11, 604.—
D. Of inanim. and abstr. things, violence, impetuosity, fury (mostly poet.): “belli,” Sall. Hist. Fragm. 4, 61, 3 Dietsch: “ira belli desenuit,” id. ib. 1, 93: “flagelli,” Val. Fl. 7, 149: “maris,” id. 1, 37: “dant mucronibus iras,” Sil. 7, 344: “nimborum,” id. 17, 253: “grandinis,” id. 12, 610. —
III. Personified: “comunt Furor Iraque cristas,” Stat. Th. 3, 424.—Plur.: “Iraeque Insidiaeque, dei (Mavortis) comitatus,” Verg. A. 12, 336: “atraeque genis pallentibus Irae,” Val. Fl. 2, 205; Sil. 4. 437.
