tonsum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tonsus, tonsus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Early
- Field:
- Arts
coiffure; way of dressing hair (Plautus);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →tonsus, tonsa, tonsum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
shorn, clipped, cut, lopped;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →tondeo, tondere, totondi, tonsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
cut, shear, clip;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →tonsa, tonsae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
oar;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Saufeium, quanta reduci Regulus solet turba, ad alta tonsum templa cum reum misit, Materne, cernis? Inuidere nolito: comitatus..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...iubae; utque tuis longum dominusque puerque fruantur muneribus, tonsum fac cito, sero uirum. Non amo te, Sabidi..."Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...sustinensad lectum uadit, temptat in tenebris caput.Vt sentit tonsum, gladio pectus transigit,nihil respiciens dum dolorem uindicet.Lucerna adlata..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...gurgite uillis mersatur, missusque secundo defluit amni; aut tonsum tristi contingunt corpus amurca et spumas miscent argenti uiuaque..."Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...cubantemque detonderunt et qua venerant recesserunt. Hunc quoque tonsum sparsosque circa capillos dies ostendit. Nihil notabile secutum, nisi..."
