, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 2. —II.Transf.: ancorae pondere irrevocabili jactae, which, on account of their great weight, cannot be drawn back, Plin. 32, 1, 1, 2: hamus, id. 16, 35, 65, 159: Domitiani natura praeceps in iram et, quo obscurior, eo irrevocabilior,
the more implacable
, Tac. Agr. 42: gladius,
not to be sheathed
, Vulg. Ezech. 21, 5: donatio,
irreversible
, Dig. 39, 5, 34.— Adv.: irrĕvŏcābĭlĭter, irrevocably, unchangeably, incessantly, Sen. Q. N. 2, 35, 1: progredi, Aug. Ep. 120, 24; id. Civ. Dei, 22, 20, 1.