English

The River Torrens, looking upstream from near weir no. 1 (behind camera)

Proper noun

Torrens

1. A surname​.
2. A river that flows through Adelaide, South Australia, named for Colonel Robert Torrens.
3. A salt lake in central South Australia.

Derived terms

• Torrens title

Latin

Participle

torrēns m, f, n ‎(genitive torrentis); third declension

1. scorching, burning, parching
2. roasting, baking
3. rushing, torrential

Inflection

Third declension.

Noun

torrēns f ‎(genitive torrentis); third declension

1. torrent (rushing stream)

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “torrens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.