tostis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vultus et reddidit omina votis. nec mora, misceri tosti iubet hordea grani mellaque vimque meri cum lacte coagula..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...colligit ovo, quatenus ima petit volvens aliena vitellus. tostis marcentem squillis recreabis et Afra potorem coclea; nam lactuca..."