torreris
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. pres. pass. ind. 2nd
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...Sinistrum pedem ait chamaeleontis ferro ex igni calefacto torreri cum herba, quae appellatur eodem nomine chamaeleontis, et utrumque..." - L
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..." - P
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..."