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) 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	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	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	torreāris, torreāre	torreātur	torreāmur	torreāminī	torreantur
	imperfect	torrērer	torrērēris, torrērēre	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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		torrēre	torruisse	tō̆stūrum esse	torrērī	tō̆stum esse	tō̆stum īrī
participles		torrēns	—	tō̆stūrus	—	tō̆stus	torrendus
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

References

• “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