LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

torrēns1

torrēns m (genitive torrentis)
Classical[ˈtɔr.rẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɔr.rens]

Meaning

  1. torrent (rushing stream)
  2. stream

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetorrēnstorrentēs
genitivetorrentistorrentium
dativetorrentītorrentibus
accusativetorrentemtorrentēs
torrentīs
ablativetorrentetorrentibus
vocativetorrēnstorrentēs

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

torrēns entis, adj. with comp.
P. of torreo, burning, hot, inflamed : (miles) meridiano sole, L.: flammae, V.—Of streams, rushing, roaring, boiling, impetuous, rapid : flumina, V.: aqua, V. —As subst m., a torrent : fertur quasi torrens oratio: quā tenui tum aquā interfluebat torrens, L.: rapidus, V.: tumidus, O.—Prov.: numquam direxit bracchia contra Torrentem, Iu.—Fig., impetuous, rapid . sermo Isaeo torrentior, Iu.

Origins

Substantive form from torrēns (“rushing”).

Elsewhere
  • Catalantorrent
  • Italiantorrente
  • Frenchtorrentfrom Italian torrente
  • Englishtorrentfrom Italian torrente
  • Romaniantorentfrom Italian torrente
  • Spanishtorrente
  • Piedmontesetorent
  • Sicilianturrenti
Old Galician-Portuguese
  • Portuguesetorrente
  • Galiciantorrente
verbthird-declension one-termination participle
torrēns2
torrēns (genitive torrentis)
Classical[ˈtɔr.rẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɔr.rens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationparticipleburning, hot, inflamed
  2. one terminationparticiplerushing, roaring, boiling, impetuous, rapid

torrens, entis, Part. and P. a. of torreo, II.

Origins

Probably from the participle of Proto-Italic *torz-ē-, itself from a stative verb formed to Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”) (whence transitive torreō). The same stative formation may be paralleled in Old High German dorrēn, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-eh₁(ye)-ti.

In English words that came into English from torrēns

  • torrenttorrentem

Quick answers

What does torrēns mean in Latin?
torrēns, a noun, means “torrent (rushing stream); stream”.
What is the genitive of torrēns?
The genitive singular is torrentis. torrēns is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce torrēns?
In classical Latin, [ˈtɔr.rẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtɔr.rens].