torrentur
Dictionary entries
- 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;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...nascentia saxisinfundas aconita palam, Romana iuuentusnon decepta bibet. torrentur uiscera flammaoraque sicca rigent squamosis aspera linguis; 325iam marcent..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...hibernis conditur undis, vel cum sole novo densae torrentur aristae aut Hermi campo aut Lyciae flaventibus arvis. scuta..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pestis et in magnae dominatur moenibus urbis. viscera torrentur primo, flammaeque latentis indicium rubor est et ductus anhelitus..."