irrogo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

irrŏgo (inr-), āvi, ātum (irrogassit for irrogaverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 3), 1, v. a. [in-rogo].

I To propose any thing against one: leges privatis hominibus irrogare, Cic. Dom. 17, 43: privilegia tyrannica, id. ib. 42, 110; so, privilegium, id. Sest. 30, 65: privilegia, id. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—

II In gen., to impose , appoint , ordain , inflict : multam alicui, Cic. Mil. 14, 36: centum milium multam, Liv. 37, 58: alicui tributum, Plin. Pan. 37: poenam, Hor. S. 1, 3, 118; Liv. 5, 11; Tac. A. 13, 28; Gai. Inst. 3, 190: supplicia, id. ib. 16, 5: sibi mortem, id. ib. 4, 10: id supplicii genus, Val. Max. 1, 1, 13: labori non plus irrogandum est, quam quod somno supererit, no more is to be bestowed , Quint. 10, 3, 26: imperia dira in ipsos, to exercise , Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 21.

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