tonso
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tonsus, tonsa, tonsum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
shorn, clipped, cut, lopped;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →tondeo, tondere, totondi, tonsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
cut, shear, clip;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...secura pocula trade manu trita patrum labris et tonso pura ministro; anticus mensis restituatur honor. Te potare decet..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tamen recumbam, Praesta de grege sordidaque villa Tonsos, horridulos, rudes, pusillos Hircosi mihi filios subulci. Perdet te dolor..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...palmis: in avem mutata vocatur Ciris et a tonso est hoc nomen adepta capillo. Vota Iovi Minos taurorum..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...naribus horum hominum; rideri possit eo quod rusticius tonso toga defluit et male laxus in pede calceus haeret..."