torrens

See also: Torrens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of torreō.

Participle

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

1. scorching, burning, parching
2. roasting, baking
3. rushing, torrential

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.

Noun

torrēns m (genitive torrentis); third declension

1. torrent (rushing 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

• Catalan: torrent
• Italian: torrente
  • → French: torrent
    • → English: torrent
    • → Romanian: torent
• Old Portuguese: [Term?]
  • Galician: torrente
  • Portuguese: torrente
• Spanish: torrente

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, 1883–1887)
• torrens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette