torrĭdus, a, um, adj. [torreo], 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.