torrid
torrid
adj.
P. and V. θερμός ; see hot.
adj.
P. and V. θερμός ; see hot.
TORRID
torridus. The torrid zone zona torrida semper ab igni (Verg.); zona torrida (Plin.); ardores (Sall. Jug. 18 9). Vid: also HOT.
torridus. The torrid zone zona torrida semper ab igni (Verg.); zona torrida (Plin.); ardores (Sall. Jug. 18 9). Vid: also HOT.
torrid: torrĭdus: the t. zone, zona t.: geog. t. t. (described by Virg. G. 1, 234, as zona ... torrida semper ab igni: by Plin. 2, 68, thus: media terrarum ... exusta flammis et cremata comminus vapore torrentur): Kr. quotes torrida zona from Plin., but without ref. Phr.: the t. zone, pars (terrae) fervidis inclusa caloribus, Hor. Od. 3, 24, 37: also, qua parte debacchantur ignes, ib. 3, 3, 55: not far from the t. zone, haud procul ab ardoribus, Sall. Jug. 18.