irrĭgŭus (inr-), a, um, adj. [1. in-riguus], supplied with water.
I Lit.
A Pass. , watered , well-watered , irriguous; full of water , wet , swampy : herba, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9: hortus, Hor. S. 2, 4, 16: pratum, Prop. 1, 20, 37: campus, Luc. 4, 296: loca, Cels. 1, 3: regio irrigua fontibus, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70 (al. rigua).—
B Act. , poet., watering , irriguous : fons, Verg. G. 4, 32: aqua, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 2: aquae, Tib. 2, 1, 44. —
II Transf., poet.
A Permeating , pervading : somnus, Pers. 5, 56: sopor, Claud. Cons. Hon. 6 praef. 10.—
B Corpus mero, soaked , Hor. S. 2, 1, 9; cf.: inrigatus multo venas nectare, Phaedr. 4, 14, 9.—
C Carmen, music produced by the water-organ , Auct. Aetnae, 295.—As subst.: irrĭ-gŭa , ōrum, n. plur.
1 Overflowings : aquarum, Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.—
2 Swamps , marshes , overflowed land : (Euphrates) distrahitur ad inrigua, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 124.