torridos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torridus, torrida, torridum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
parched, dried up; shriveled, desiccated;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
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..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iacente inter tumulos castra habentes, tum ab incendiis torrido et vaporis pleno cineremque non puluerem modo ferente..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...perennes suffecit amnes. Defectus alibi aquarum circa torridos fontes rivosque stragem siti pecorum morientum dedit; scabie alia absumpta..."