torrentis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torrens, (gen.), torrentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
burning hot; rushing; torrential;
acc. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all) - Entry →torreo, torrere, torrui, tostus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
parch, roast, scorch, bake, burn; dry up; begin to burn; harden by charring;
gen. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →torrens, torrentis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
torrent, rushing stream;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ante hac eadem omnia credis, sed periise hominum torrenti saecla vapore, aut cecidisse urbis magno vexamine mundi..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...laticum simulacra petit frustraque laborat in medioque sitit torrenti flumine potans, sic in amore Venus simulacris ludit amantis..." - D
Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...quos operit glacies Maeotica ruptaque tandem solibus effundit torrentis ad ostia Ponti desidia tardos et longo frigore pingues..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...eliditur, quotiens aliquid obstitit, quod cursum eius velut torrentis rapidi moraretur, in qua tribus eodem tempore theatris caveae..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...temporis utendi uelocitate certandum est et uelut ex torrenti rapido nec semper ituro cito hauriendum. Hoc quoque pulcherrime..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...delphin. Diuite Pactolos uexit te Lydius unda, aurea torrenti deducens flumina ripa; laxauit uictos arcus Geticasque sagittas lactea..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...genus, aeternum fieri nihil. Illius stetit ad modos torrentis rapidi fragor, oblitusque sequi fugam amisit liquor impetum..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tandem Tyrrhenas uix eluctatus in undas sanguine caeruleum torrenti diuidit aequor. 220hisne salus rerum, felix his Sulla uocari..."
