torrens

See also: Torrens

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.rens/, [ˈt̪ɔrːẽːs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.rens/, [ˈt̪ɔrːens]

Etymology 1

Present participle of torreō.

Participle

torrēns (genitive torrentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. scorching, burning, parching
2. roasting, baking

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	torrēns			torrentēs	torrentia
Genitive	torrentis			torrentium
Dative	torrentī			torrentibus
Accusative	torrentem	torrēns		torrentēs torrentīs	torrentia
Ablative	torrente torrentī1			torrentibus
Vocative	torrēns			torrentēs	torrentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Etymology 2

This intransitive participle would be from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥seh₁yonts, from *ters- (“dry”) (whence transitive torreō).

Participle

torrēns (genitive torrentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. burning, hot, inflamed
2. (of streams) rushing, roaring, boiling, impetuous, rapid

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	torrēns			torrentēs	torrentia
Genitive	torrentis			torrentium
Dative	torrentī			torrentibus
Accusative	torrentem	torrēns		torrentēs torrentīs	torrentia
Ablative	torrente torrentī1			torrentibus
Vocative	torrēns			torrentēs	torrentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Etymology 3

Substantive form from torrēns (“rushing”).

Noun

torrēns m (genitive torrentis); third declension

1. torrent (rushing stream)
2. stream

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	torrēns	torrentēs
Genitive	torrentis	torrentium
Dative	torrentī	torrentibus
Accusative	torrentem	torrentēs torrentīs
Ablative	torrente	torrentibus
Vocative	torrēns	torrentēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: torrent
• → Italian: torrente
  • → French: torrent
    • → English: torrent
    • → Romanian: torent
• → Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: torrente
  • Portuguese: torrente
• → Piedmontese: torent
• Sicilian: turrenti
• → Spanish: torrente

References

• “torrens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “torrens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torrens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• torrens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.