torrens

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtor.rens/,

Etymology 1

Present participle of torreō.

Participle

torrēns (genitive torrentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. scorching, burning, parching
  2. roasting, baking
Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative torrēns torrentēs torrentia
Genitive torrentis torrentium
Dative torrentī torrentibus
Accusative torrentem torrēns torrentēs
torrentīs 		torrentia
Ablative torrente
torrentī1 		torrentibus
Vocative torrēns torrentēs torrentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Etymology 2

This intransitive participle would be from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥seh₁yonts, from *ters- (“dry”) (whence transitive torreō).

Participle

torrēns (genitive torrentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. burning, hot, inflamed
  2. (of streams) rushing, roaring, boiling, impetuous, rapid
Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative torrēns torrentēs torrentia
Genitive torrentis torrentium
Dative torrentī torrentibus
Accusative torrentem torrēns torrentēs
torrentīs 		torrentia
Ablative torrente
torrentī1 		torrentibus
Vocative torrēns torrentēs torrentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Etymology 3

Substantive form from torrēns (“rushing”).

Noun

torrēns m (genitive torrentis); third declension

  1. torrent (rushing stream)
  2. stream
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative torrēns torrentēs
Genitive torrentis torrentium
Dative torrentī torrentibus
Accusative torrentem torrentēs
torrentīs
Ablative torrente torrentibus
Vocative torrēns torrentēs
Descendants

References

  • “torrens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “torrens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • torrens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • torrens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “torreō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 624-5
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