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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.34.93
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 30.7
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.234
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1220
    • Lucan, Civil War, 4.239
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 43
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 32
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.5.8
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.8.4
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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