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Dictionary entries

  • tonsus, tonsus:

    Masculine · Noun · 4th declension

    Frequency:
    Very Rare
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short
    Age:
    Early
    Field:
    Arts

    = coiffure; way of dressing hair (Plautus);

    Entry →
    gen. sg.
  • tonsus, tonsa, tonsum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short

    = shorn, clipped, cut, lopped;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. (m.)
  • tondeo, tondere, totondi, tonsus:

    Verb · 2nd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = cut, shear, clip;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. perf. pass. part.

Examples

  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber XI

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...secura pocula trade manu trita patrum labris et tonso pura ministro; anticus mensis restituatur honor. Te potare decet..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber X

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...tamen recumbam, Praesta de grege sordidaque villa Tonsos, horridulos, rudes, pusillos Hircosi mihi filios subulci. Perdet te dolor..."
  • P

    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..."
  • Q

    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..."

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