bake Copy link Outline I. To cook in an oven1. torreo, torrui, tostum, 2 (with in furno, etc.)2. cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 3 (prop. to cook in gen.; q. v.)II. To dry and harden by heat1. cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 32. excŏquo, 3 (stronger than simple verb3. ārĕfăcio, 3 • bake: I. To cook in an oven: 1. torreo, torrui, tostum, 2 (with in furno, etc.): to b. anything, aliquid in furno t., Plin.: they used to b. their grain, furnis torrebant farra, Ov.: v. to roast. 2. cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 3 (prop. to cook in gen.; q. v.): bread swells in b.ing, panis crescit coquendo, Plin. II. To dry and harden by heat: 1. cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 3: to b. tiles, laterculos c., Cato: summer b.s the clods with its ripe suns, glebas aestas maturis solibus c., Virg.: to b. ores, aera fornacibus c., Lucan. 2. excŏquo, 3 (stronger than simple verb: also = to bake out): the sun b.s the soil, terram sol e., Lucr.: to b. sand into glass, arenas in vitrum e., Tac.: to b. all the bad quality out (of the soil), omne vitium e., Virg. 3. ārĕfăcio, 3: Plin.: Lucr.: v. to dry up, parch.