torreo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ters-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti

Proto-Italic *torzeō

Latin torreō

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɔr.re.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɔr.re.o]

Verb

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

1. to scorch, burn, parch

   Synonyms: dētorreō, extorreō

2. to roast, bake

   Synonyms: assō, attorreō

3. (of the cold) to nip, pinch

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		torruērunt, torruēre
	pluperfect	torrueram		torruerās		torruerat		torruerāmus		torruerātis		torruerant
	future perfect	torruerō		torrueris		torruerit		torruerimus		torrueritis		torruerint
passive	present	torreor		torrēris, torrēre		torrētur		torrēmur		torrēminī		torrentur
	imperfect	torrēbar		torrēbāris, torrēbāre		torrēbātur		torrēbāmur		torrēbāminī		torrēbantur
	future	torrēbor		torrēberis, torrēbere		torrēbitur		torrēbimur		torrēbiminī		torrēbuntur
	perfect	tostus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tostus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tostus + 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		torreāris, torreāre		torreātur		torreāmur		torreāminī		torreantur
	imperfect	torrērer		torrērēris, torrērēre		torrērētur		torrērēmur		torrērēminī		torrērentur
	perfect	tostus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tostus + 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		tostūrum esse			tostum īrī			tostūrus			torrendus
perfect		torruisse			tostum esse			—			tostus
future perfect		—			tostum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tostūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		torrendī		torrendō		torrendum		torrendō		tostum		tostū

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• terra
• testa
• torridō

Descendants

• Asturian: turrar
• Catalan: torrar
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: torrar
  • Portuguese: torrar
• Old Spanish:
  • Ladino: torrar / טוראר
  • Spanish: torrar
• Sicilian: a-turrari, atturrari

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