to rouse to anger, rouse to fight, irritate, Hom., Hdt., etc.: to provoke to curiosity, Od.; metaph., ἐρ. χορούς to stir them, Eur.:—Pass. to be provoked, excited, Hdt., Ar.; of fire, φέψαλος ἐρεθιζόμενος ῥιπίδι a spark kindled by the bellows, id=Ar.; αἰθὴρ ἐρεθιζέσθω βροντῆι Aesch.; of one who is out of breath, Eur.
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