tostus

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Esperanto

Verb

tostus

  1. 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

  1. roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted.
  2. parched, dried up, having been parched.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tō̆stus tō̆sta tō̆stum tō̆stī tō̆stae tō̆sta
Genitive tō̆stī tō̆stae tō̆stī tō̆stōrum tō̆stārum tō̆stōrum
Dative tō̆stō tō̆stō tō̆stīs
Accusative tō̆stum tō̆stam tō̆stum tō̆stōs tō̆stās tō̆sta
Ablative tō̆stō tō̆stā tō̆stō tō̆stīs
Vocative tō̆ste tō̆sta tō̆stum tō̆stī tō̆stae tō̆sta

Descendants

  • Catalan: tost
  • Franco-Provençal: toût
  • French: tôt
  • Italian: tosto
  • Neapolitan: tuosto
  • Occitan: tost
  • Old French: toster
  • Spanish: tostar
  • → Welsh: tost

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.
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