LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

torreō

torreō (present infinitive torrēre, perfect active torruī, supine tostum)
Classical[ˈtɔr.re.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɔr.re.o]

Meaning

  1. to scorch, burn, parch
  2. to roast, bake
  3. to nip, pinch

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

igne ūrō
torreō -ēre — in Aeneis, ch. 13

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.torreōtorrēbamtorrēbōtorruītorrueramtorruerō
2nd sg.torrēstorrēbāstorrēbistorruistītorruerāstorrueris
3rd sg.torrettorrēbattorrēbittorruittorruerattorruerit
1st pl.torrēmustorrēbāmustorrēbimustorruimustorruerāmustorruerimus
2nd pl.torrētistorrēbātistorrēbitistorruististorruerātistorrueritis
3rd pl.torrenttorrēbanttorrēbunttorruērunt
torruēre		torrueranttorruerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.torreamtorrēremtorruerimtorruissem
2nd sg.torreāstorrērēstorruerīstorruissēs
3rd sg.torreattorrērettorruerittorruisset
1st pl.torreāmustorrērēmustorruerīmustorruissēmus
2nd pl.torreātistorrērētistorruerītistorruissētis
3rd pl.torreanttorrērenttorruerinttorruissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.torreortorrēbartorrēbor
2nd sg.torrēris
torrēre		torrēbāris
torrēbāre		torrēberis
torrēbere
3rd sg.torrēturtorrēbāturtorrēbitur
1st pl.torrēmurtorrēbāmurtorrēbimur
2nd pl.torrēminītorrēbāminītorrēbiminī
3rd pl.torrenturtorrēbanturtorrēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.torreartorrērer
2nd sg.torreāris
torreāre		torrērēris
torrērēre
3rd sg.torreāturtorrērētur
1st pl.torreāmurtorrērēmur
2nd pl.torreāminītorrērēminī
3rd pl.torreanturtorrērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.torrētorrēre
pres. 2nd pl.torrētetorrēminī
fut. 2nd sg.torrētōtorrētor
fut. 3rd sg.torrētōtorrētor
fut. 2nd pl.torrētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.torrentōtorrentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivetorrēretorrērī
perfect infinitivetorruissetostum esse
future infinitivetostūrum essetostum īrī
present participletorrēns—
perfect participle—tostus
future participletostūrus
tostūra, tostūrā, tostūrae, tostūram, tostūrārum, tostūrās, tostūre, tostūrī, tostūrīs, tostūrō, tostūrōrum, tostūrōs, tostūrum		torrendus
torrenda, torrendā, torrendae, torrendam, torrendārum, torrendās, torrende, torrendīs, torrendōrum, torrendōs
gerundtorrendī, torrendō, torrendumsupinetostum, tostū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ardore solis torreri
to be dried up by the sun's heat.

torreo, torrui, tostum (
I. part. gen. plur. torrentum, Stat. Th. 2, 6; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 46; abl. torrenti, Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 2), 2, v. a. Sanscr. tarsh, to thirst; Gr. τέρσομαι, to become dry; Germ. Durst.; Engl. thirst, to dry a thing by heat, to parch, roast, bake, scorch, burn, etc. (syn. frigo): fruges receptas Et torrere parant flammis et frangere saxo, Verg. A. 1, 179; Ov. M. 14; 273: aristas sole novo, Verg. A. 7, 720: pisces sole, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 30: apes mortuas sole verno, id. 11, 20, 22, § 69: uvam in tegulis, id. 14, 9, 11, § 84 et saep.; Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 2: etiamsi in Phalaridis tauro inclusus succensis ignibus torrebatur, Cic. Pis. 18, 42: e quibus (terrae cingulis) medium illum et maximum solis ardore torreri, id. Rep. 6, 20, 21: cum undique flamma torrerentur, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: montes quos torret Atabulus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 78; cf.: torrentia agros sidera, id. C. 3, 1, 31: tosti alti stant parietes, i. e. consumed, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 Vahl.): carmina flammā, Tib. 1, 9, 50: tostos en aspice crines, Ov. M. 2, 283: in veribus exta, to roast, Verg. G. 2, 396: aliquid in igne, Ov. F. 2, 578: artus subjecto igni, id. M. 1, 229: carnem, id. ib. 12, 155 et saep.—Of fever heat, to dry up: at mihi (vae miserae) torrentur febribus artus, Ov. H. 21, 169: febris viscera ipsa torrens, Sen. Ep. 14, 6; Juv. 9, 17.—Of thirst: et Canis arenti torreat arva siti, Tib. 1, 4, 42.—Of the heat of love: si torrere jecur quaeris idoneum (Venus), Hor. C. 4, 1, 12; cf.: correptus saevo Veneris torrebar aëno, Prop. 3 (4). 24, 13: torret amor Cyri Lycorida, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6: me torret face mutuā Calais, id. ib. 3, 9, 13: me amor Glycerae, id. ib. 3, 19, 28: femineus pectora torret amor, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 40.— *
II. Transf., of cold, to nip, pinch (cf. uro and aduro): frigore torret, Varr. ap. Non. 452, 11. — Hence, torrens, entis, P. a., in a neutr. sense, burning, hot, inflamed.
A. Lit. (rare): terra torrens aestu, Col. 4, 19, 3: miles torrens meridiano sole, Liv. 44, 38, 9: Sirius, Verg. G. 4, 425: flammae, id. A. 6, 550.—Comp.: Sirius torrentior, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 20.—Sup.: torrentissimus axis, Stat. S. 3, 1, 52.—
B. Transf., of streams, rushing, roaring, boiling, impetuous, rapid, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): fluvii, Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 3: flumina, Verg. E. 7, 52: Nilus toto gurgite, Val. Fl. 4, 409; cf.: fluvius Novanus solstitiis torrens, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 229; 3, 4, 5, § 33: aqua, Verg. A. 10, 603: unda, id. G. 2, 451: torrentes rapidique cursus amnium, Just. 44, 1, 7; 4, 1, 9: impetus (aquae), Sen. Ep. 23, 8: sanguis, Luc. 2, 220; cf. fatum, id. 7, 505.—Comp.: Padus torrentior, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117.—Sup.: Asopos torrentissimus, Stat. Th. 7, 316.—Hence,
b. Subst.: torrens, entis, m., a torrent: cum fertur quasi torrens oratio, Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3; Liv. 33, 18, 12; 35, 28, 8: rapidus montano flumine torrens Sternit agros, Verg. A. 2, 305: fragosus, id. ib. 7, 567; Ov. R. Am. 651: tumidus, id. Am. 1, 7, 43; Sen. Theb. 71; Juv. 6, 319; Luc. 7, 637.—Prov.: numquam direxit bracchia contra torrentem, Juv. 4, 90. —
2. Transf.: armorum et virorum, Sil. 12, 189: umbrarum, id. 13, 760; cf. fortunae, Flor. 2, 7, 1.—
3. Trop., of speech: torrens dicentis oratio, Quint. 3, 8, 60; so, oratio, Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12: copia dicendi, Juv. 10, 9; Val. Fl. 4, 261.—Comp.: sermo Promptus et Isaeo torrentior, Juv. 3, 74.—Of an orator: quem (Demosthenem) mirabantur Athenae Torrentem, Juv. 10, 128.—
b. Subst.: se inani verborum torrenti dare, a stream of words, Quint. 10, 7, 23; cf.: quo torrente, quo impetu, Tac. Or. 24.—* Adv.: torrenter (acc. to B.), violently, impetuously: torrentius amne Hiberno, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 198.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ters-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*torséyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*torzeō
  4. Latintorreō

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.

Old Galician-Portuguese
  • Portuguesetorrar
  • Galiciantorrar
Old Spanish
  • Spanishtorrar
  • Ladinotorrar
  • Ladinoטוראר
Elsewhere
  • Catalantorrar
  • Asturianturrar
  • Siciliana-turrari
  • Sicilianatturrari

In English words that came into English from torreō

  • torrenttorrentem
  • torridtorridus
  • torrefytorrefaciō
  • turrontorreō
  • torrefactiontorrefaciō

Quick answers

What does torreō mean in Latin?
torreō, a verb, means “to scorch, burn, parch; to roast, bake; to nip, pinch”.
What are the principal parts of torreō?
torreō, torrēre, torruī, tostum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce torreō?
In classical Latin, [ˈtɔr.re.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtɔr.re.o].
Where does torreō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ters- → Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti → Proto-Italic *torzeō → Latin torreō.
Which English words come from torreō?
English words that go back to Latin torreō include torrent, turron, torrid, torrefy and torrefaction.