torreres
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;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...circum uitalia fusum pestis et in sicco linguam torrere palato coepit; defessos iret qui sudor in artus..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quidem [vero] cum corpora fulva leonum tam soleat torrere atque urere quam genus omne visceris in terris quod..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...adhuc, seu forte, rogus, seu numine diuum, cui torrere datum saeuos Eteocleos artus, siue locum monstris iterum Fortuna..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...adgressi tendunt auratis uincula lychnis. his labor inserto torrere exanguia ferro uiscera caesarum pecudum, his cumulare canistris perdomitam..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...modus aut arcus lentare aut fundere glandes aut torrere sudes galeasque attollere conis. hos inter motus pigram gemit..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Cerealiaque arma expediunt fessi rerum, frugesque receptas et torrere parant flammis et frangere saxo. Aeneas scopulum interea conscendit..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...proxima villa fonte lavabatur. [hastas ig]ni torrere, quibus praeter speciem bello necessariam haud multo secas quam ferro..."