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(adjective) : rĕ-torrĭdus, a, um
* Parched up, burned up, dried up (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.).
* Lit.: rami platani,Sen. Ep. 12, 2; 86, 18: manus Mucii,id. ib. 66, 51: retorrida et muscosa prata,Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 5: plantae,Col. 3, 12, 2: frons,id. 11, 2, 87: fructus,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 176: myrtus,id. 15, 29, 36, § 121: (herba) spinis retorrida,id. 27, 12, 97, § 122: mus,dried up, wizen, wrinkled,Phaedr. 4, 2, 27.
* Trop.: detriti et retorridi ad litterarum disciplinas serius adeunt,Gell. 15, 30, 1: vultu gravissimus et retorridus,i. e. gloomy, morose,Capitol. Max. 6: Gallicanae mentes,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 58.—* Adv.: rĕtorrĭdē (acc. to I.), dryly, Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 33.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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