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
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..."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..."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..."