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Re: Irritat(or)idae
In a message dated 96-01-30 20:23:27 EST, swf@ElSegundoCA.ATTGIS.COM (Stan
Friesen) writes:
>Now, if _Irritator_ is a Latin word (which is not clear) then it is
>an r-stem, so the stem is just "irritator". Thus, either way, the
>family name is correct as it stands.
It is indeed a Latin word, from _irrito_, "to excite, provoke." Or at least,
it _could be_ a Latin word, because the preceding is a variant spelling of
the more correct _inrito_. Perhaps they should have named it _Inritor_ to be
"true" to the language.