LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

torridus

torridus (feminine torrida, neuter torridum)
Classical[ˈtɔr.rɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɔr.ri.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivedry, parched
  2. adjectivebaked, roasted
  3. adjectivetorrid

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Aridus · Torridus · Siccus

Aridus and torridus denote an internal want of moisture; but things that are arida (from areo) have lost their moisture from a heat acting within, like αὖος, in opp. to humidus. Plin. Pan. 30, 4; on the other hand, torrida (from τέρσω), from a heat penetrating from without, in opp. to uvidus, like σκληρός;—siccus denotes dryness that is only external, confined to the surface, in opp. to madidus, like ξηρός. Plin. H. N. xii. 12. Ne sint fragilia et arida potius quam sicca folia. And xv. 29. Cato docuit vinum fieri ex nigra myrta siccata usque in ariditatem in umbra. Colum. vii. 4. (vi. 244.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetorridustorridatorridum
genitivetorridītorridaetorridī
dativetorridōtorridaetorridō
accusativetorridumtorridamtorridum
ablativetorridōtorridātorridō
vocativetorridetorridatorridum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetorridītorridaetorrida
genitivetorridōrumtorridārumtorridōrum
dativetorridīstorridīstorridīs
accusativetorridōstorridāstorrida
ablativetorridīstorridīstorridīs
vocativetorridītorridaetorrida

torrĭdus, a, um, adj. torreo,
I. dry, dried up, parched, torrid.
I. Lit.: tellus, Lucr. 5, 1220; Sil. 12, 372; cf.: campi siccitate, Liv. 22, 43, 10: sal, Col. 7, 5, 8; 7, 8, 4: farra, Ov. F. 2, 24: fontes rivique, dried up, Liv. 4, 30, 7: aër, Prop. 2, 28, 3; cf. aestas, Verg. E. 7, 48: zona ab igni, id. G. 1, 234: homo vegrandi macie torridus, dried or shrivelled up, * Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93: color sole, embrowned, Plin. 12, 20, 43, § 98: vox, dry, hoarse, Calp. Ecl. 3, 59: ora, Luc. 4, 239.—
II. Transf., of cold (cf. torreo, II.): pecora jumentaque torrida frigore, pinched, nipped, Liv. 21, 32, 7: membra torrida gelu, id. 21, 40, 9: hiems, biting, Calp. Ecl. 5, 107.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin torridus From torreō + -idus.

Descendants
  • Catalantòrrid
  • Englishtorrid
  • Frenchtorride
  • Italiantorrido
  • Occitantorrid
  • Portuguesetórrido
  • Spanishtórrido
  • Galiciantórrido
  • Siciliantòrritu

Quick answers

What does torridus mean in Latin?
torridus, a adjective, means “dry, parched; baked, roasted; torrid”.
How do you pronounce torridus?
In classical Latin, [ˈtɔr.rɪ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtɔr.ri.dus].
Where does torridus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ters- → Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti → Proto-Italic *torzeō → Latin torridus.