- prorito
- prō-rīto, āre, v. a. [like ir-rito, āre; cf. also ira].I.To provoke, cause, or produce by irritation (post - Aug.), Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90.—II.Transf., to incite, entice, allure, tempt (post-Aug.):
nisi pretium proritat,
Col. 2, 10, 17:quem spes proritat,
Sen. Ep. 23, 2:proritat illos rei species,
id. Tranq. 12, 5:stomachum varietate aptā ciborum,
Scrib. Comp. 104:aliquem ad furias,
Arn. 5, 178.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.