tostas
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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quas docta Neapolis creauit, lento castaneae uapore tostae: uinum tu facies bonum bibendo. Post haec omnia forte..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...acerno. tum lecti iuvenes certatim araeque sacerdos viscera tosta ferunt taurorum, onerantque canistris dona laboratae Cereris, Bacchumque ministrant..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...rubicunda Ceres medio succiditur aestu et medio tostas aestu terit area fruges. nudus ara, sere nudus. hiems ignaua..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...pote plurimum perire, solus in Libya Indiaque tosta caesio veniam obvius leoni.' hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistra..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...data cetera mensis. discubuere toris proceres et corpora tosta carne replent vinoque levant curasque sitimque. non illos citharae..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...omnia. gaudenti mensas posuere ministri exstructas dapibus nec tostae frugis egentes: tum vero, sive ille sua Cerealia dextra..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...prodit anus divamque videt lymphamque roganti dulce dedit, tosta quod texerat ante polenta. dum bibit illa datum, duri..."