torrēns entis, adj. with comp. P. of torreo, burning, hot, inflamed: (miles) meridiano sole, L.: flammae, V.

—Of streams, rushing, roaring, boiling, impetuous, rapid: flumina, V.: aqua, V.

—As subst m., a torrent: fertur quasi torrens oratio: quā tenui tum aquā interfluebat torrens, L.: rapidus, V.: tumidus, O.

—Prov.: numquam direxit bracchia contra Torrentem, Iu.

—Fig., impetuous, rapid. sermo Isaeo torrentior, Iu.