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
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..."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..."
