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Esperanto
Verb
tostus
- conditional of tosti
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of torreō (“scorch, roast”) (for earlier *torstum – it is unclear whether the vowel underwent compensatory lengthening).
Pronunciation
Participle
tō̆stus (feminine tō̆sta, neuter tō̆stum); first/second-declension participle
- roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted.
- parched, dried up, having been parched.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “tostus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tostus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tostus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.