torrido
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torridus, torrida, torridum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
parched, dried up; shriveled, desiccated;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
- M
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...rore evocata radix in pulverem incurrit, aut perustis torrido sole herbis moribunda seges palluit. nullus imber sitientis soli..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iacente inter tumulos castra habentes, tum ab incendiis torrido et vaporis pleno cineremque non puluerem modo ferente..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...perennes suffecit amnes. Defectus alibi aquarum circa torridos fontes rivosque stragem siti pecorum morientum dedit; scabie alia absumpta..."