torreo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *torzeō, from Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti, causative from the root *ters- (“dry”). The fourth principal part tostum is for *torstum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.re.oː/, [ˈt̪ɔrːeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.re.o/, [ˈt̪ɔrːeo]

Verb

torreō (present infinitive torrēre, perfect active torruī, supine tō̆stum); second conjugation

1. to scorch, burn, parch
2. to roast, bake
3. (of the cold) to nip, pinch

Usage notes

• While *torstum is almost certainly *tŏrstum with a short vowel, the vowel of tostum is less understood; whether it is tŏstum or tōstum is properly unknown.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of torreō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	torreō		torrēs		torret		torrēmus		torrētis		torrent
	imperfect	torrēbam		torrēbās		torrēbat		torrēbāmus		torrēbātis		torrēbant
	future	torrēbō		torrēbis		torrēbit		torrēbimus		torrēbitis		torrēbunt
	perfect	torruī		torruistī		torruit		torruimus		torruistis		torruēre, torruērunt
	pluperfect	torrueram		torruerās		torruerat		torruerāmus		torruerātis		torruerant
	future perfect	torruerō		torrueris		torruerit		torruerimus		torrueritis		torruerint
passive	present	torreor		torrēre, torrēris		torrētur		torrēmur		torrēminī		torrentur
	imperfect	torrēbar		torrēbāre, torrēbāris		torrēbātur		torrēbāmur		torrēbāminī		torrēbantur
	future	torrēbor		torrēbere, torrēberis		torrēbitur		torrēbimur		torrēbiminī		torrēbuntur
	perfect	tō̆stus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tō̆stus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tō̆stus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	torream		torreās		torreat		torreāmus		torreātis		torreant
	imperfect	torrērem		torrērēs		torrēret		torrērēmus		torrērētis		torrērent
	perfect	torruerim		torruerīs		torruerit		torruerīmus		torruerītis		torruerint
	pluperfect	torruissem		torruissēs		torruisset		torruissēmus		torruissētis		torruissent
passive	present	torrear		torreāre, torreāris		torreātur		torreāmur		torreāminī		torreantur
	imperfect	torrērer		torrērēre, torrērēris		torrērētur		torrērēmur		torrērēminī		torrērentur
	perfect	tō̆stus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tō̆stus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		torrē		—		—		torrēte		—
	future	—		torrētō		torrētō		—		torrētōte		torrentō
passive	present	—		torrēre		—		—		torrēminī		—
	future	—		torrētor		torrētor		—		—		torrentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		torrēre			torrērī			torrēns			—
future		tō̆stūrum esse			tō̆stum īrī			tō̆stūrus			torrendus
perfect		torruisse			tō̆stum esse			—			tō̆stus
future perfect		—			tō̆stum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tō̆stūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		torrendī		torrendō		torrendum		torrendō		tō̆stum		tō̆stū

Synonyms

• (scorch): dētorreō, extorreō
• (roast): attorreō, assō

Derived terms

• attorreō
• contorreō
• dētorreō
• extorreō
• torrefaciō
• torrēns
• torrenter
• torrēscō
• torridus
• torris
• torror

Related terms

• terra
• testa
• torridō

Descendants

• Asturian: turrar
• Catalan: torrar
• English: toast
• Galician: torrar
• Sicilian: atturrari
• Spanish: torrar
• Portuguese: torrar

Further reading

• “torreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “torreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be dried up by the sun's heat: ardore solis torreri