torror

Latin

Etymology

From torreō (“I scorch, I parch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.ror/, [ˈt̪ɔrːɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.ror/, [ˈt̪ɔrːor]

Noun

torror m (genitive torrōris); third declension

1. A parching, a scorching

Declension

Third-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	torror	torrōrēs
genitive	torrōris	torrōrum
dative	torrōrī	torrōribus
accusative	torrōrem	torrōrēs
ablative	torrōre	torrōribus
vocative	torror	torrōrēs

References

• “torror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.