torrens

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

torrēns entis, adj.with comp.

P. of torreo, burning, hot, inflamed : (miles) meridiano sole, L.: flammae, V.—Of streams, rushing, roaring, boiling, impetuous, rapid : flumina, V.: aqua, V.—As subst m., a torrent : fertur quasi torrens oratio: quā tenui tum aquā interfluebat torrens, L.: rapidus, V.: tumidus, O.—Prov.: numquam direxit bracchia contra Torrentem, Iu.—Fig., impetuous, rapid . sermo Isaeo torrentior, Iu.

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