torrerier
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;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...Sinistrum pedem ait chamaeleontis ferro ex igni calefacto torreri cum herba, quae appellatur eodem nomine chamaeleontis, et utrumque..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quod incredibilius est dicat Epicurus, dulce esse torreri? Sed hoc respondeo, plurimum interesse inter gaudium et dolorem..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...absens flamma Meleagros ab illa uritur et caecis torreri viscera sentit ignibus ac magnos superat virtute dolores. quod..."