torruit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...semineces partim ferventibus artus mollit aquis, partim subiecto torruit igni. quod simul inposuit mensis, ego vindice flamma..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...semineces partim ferventibus artus mollit aquis, partim subiecto torruit igni. quod simul inposuit mensis, ego vindice flamma..." - P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...hospes aquam.' Et Phalaris tauro violenti membra Perilli Torruit: infelix inbuit auctor opus. Iustus uterque fuit: neque enim..."