ROAST Copy link • ROASTTransitively, assare (meat, Apicius, 2, 1); coquere (general term, to bake dry; e.g., bread, lime): torrere, torrefacere, siccare (to dry, scorch; e.g., fruit): frigere (to broil, fry; as eggs in oil, ova ex oleo): to roast a little or slowly, subassare (Apicius, 4, 2, etc.): to roast on a spit, in veru inassare: roasted, assus. Intransitively, assari (Apul.); torreri. ImPROP., To roast anybody, calefacere aliquem (to make him hot by attacking him). To roast anybody well, luculente calefacere aliquem (Cic.).