torrens
See also: Torrens
Latin
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɔr.rẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɔr.rens]
Etymology 1
Present participle of torreō.
Participle
torrēns (genitive torrentis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Etymology 2
This intransitive participle would be from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥seh₁yonts, from *ters- (“dry”) (whence transitive torreō).[1]
Participle
torrēns (genitive torrentis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Etymology 3
Substantive form from torrēns (“rushing”).
Noun
torrēns m (genitive torrentis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | torrēns | torrentēs |
| genitive | torrentis | torrentium |
| dative | torrentī | torrentibus |
| accusative | torrentem | torrentēs torrentīs |
| ablative | torrente | torrentibus |
| vocative | torrēns | torrentēs |
Descendants
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- torrens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “torreō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 624-5