irrēpo (inr-), repsi, reptum, 3, v. n. [1. in-repo], to creep in, into, upon, or to a place.
I Lit., with ad : draconem repente irrepsisse ad eam, Suet. Aug. 94.— With dat.: (salamandra) si arbori irrepsit, Plin. 29, 4, 23, § 74.— Absol. : irrepsi tamen, Petr. 87.—With acc. of place : cubiculum, Ap. Met. 3, 24, 2; 8, 11, 6; caveam, id. ib. 4, 15, 14; hospitium, id. ib. 9, 5, 6; Mogontiacum, Amm. 27, 10, 1.—
II Transf., of things: haec lues ... inrepsit in Italiam, Plin. 26, 1, 3, § 3; cf. id. 26, 1, 3, § 9: inrepsisse medicinam, to be gradually introduced , id. 30, 1, 1, § 2: irrepentes radiculae, Col. 4, 1, 2: irrepentibus aquis, id. 3, 18, 5 Schneid. —
III Trop., to come or get into in an imperceptible manner , to steal in , insinuate one’s self : laetitia in sinum, Pompon. ap. Non. 500, 26 (Com. Rel. v. 141 Rib.): eloquentia irrepit in sensus, Cic. Or. 28, 97: in mentes hominum, id. de Or. 3, 53, 203: in tabulas municipiorum, id. Arch. 5, 10: in testamenta locupletium, id. Off. 3, 19, 75.—
β With acc.: inrepere paulatim militares animos, Tac. A. 4, 2.—
γ With dat.: dolor animo irrepet, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 26: irrepsit subito canities seni, Prud. prooem. 23.—
δ Absol. : lentoque irrepunt agmine poenae, Stat. Th. 5, 60: penitus irrepere per luxum, Tac. A. 13, 12; cf. id. H. 2, 63.