tostus

Esperanto

Verb

tostus

1. conditional of tosti

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of torreō (“scorch, roast”) (for earlier *torstum – it is unclear whether the vowel underwent compensatory lengthening).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtoːs.tus/, [ˈt̪oːs̠t̪ʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈtos.tus/, [ˈt̪ɔs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtos.tus/, [ˈt̪ɔst̪us]

Participle

tō̆stus (feminine tō̆sta, neuter tō̆stum); first/second-declension participle

1. roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted.
2. parched, dried up, having been parched.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tō̆stus	tō̆sta	tō̆stum		tō̆stī	tō̆stae	tō̆sta
Genitive	tō̆stī	tō̆stae	tō̆stī		tō̆stōrum	tō̆stārum	tō̆stōrum
Dative	tō̆stō		tō̆stō		tō̆stīs
Accusative	tō̆stum	tō̆stam	tō̆stum		tō̆stōs	tō̆stās	tō̆sta
Ablative	tō̆stō	tō̆stā	tō̆stō		tō̆stīs
Vocative	tō̆ste	tō̆sta	tō̆stum		tō̆stī	tō̆stae	tō̆sta

Descendants

• Catalan: tost
• Franco-Provençal: toût
• French: tôt
• Italian: tosto
• Neapolitan: tuosto
• Occitan: tost
• Old French: toster
• Spanish: tostar
• → Welsh: tost

References

• “tostus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tostus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tostus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.