roast Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. torreo, ui, tostum, 2 we will r. the entrails on hazel-spits, in verubus torrebimus exta colurnis, Virg. Georg. 2, 3962. torrĕfăcio, 3 (rare)3. frīgo, xi, 3 (in a pan)4. asso, 1 (a cookery term)5. cŏquo, xi, coctum, 3 (to cook)II. Fig. • roast: I. Lit.: 1. torreo, ui, tostum, 2 we will r. the entrails on hazel-spits, in verubus torrebimus exta colurnis, Virg. Georg. 2, 396: to r. chestnuts, castaneas t., Plin. H. N. 15, 23, 25: the wise man, though he be r.'d in the bull of Phalaris, etiamsi ... torreatur, Cic. Pis. 18, 42. 2. torrĕfăcio, 3 (rare): Col. 6, 7, 4. 3. frīgo, xi, 3 (in a pan): to r. barley, hordeum ... f., Plin. H. N. 18, 7, 14: Ov. 4. asso, 1 (a cookery term): laid ready to be r.'d upon that fire, super istum ignem porrectus assari, Apul. Met. 2, 10, 119, Elm.: to r. a pig's liver, assare jecus porcinum, Apic. 2, 40. In same sense, part. inassatus, roasted: Plin. H. N. 30, 8, 22. To r. slightly, subasso, Apic. 4, 151. 5. cŏquo, xi, coctum, 3 (to cook): fairly r.'d, legitime coctus, Lactant. Mort. Pers. 13. II. Fig.: to roast (scold) a man: călĕfăcio, contr. calfacio, 3: Memmius had well r.'d Gabinius, Gabinium luculente calefecerat Memmius, Cic. Q. F. 3, 2, 1: to be r.'d, convicio verberari, id. Pis. 26, 63. Phr.: r. this man well, onera hunc maledictis, Pl. Ps. 1, 3, 138.