tonsus
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. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg. - Entry →tonsus, tonsa, tonsum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
shorn, clipped, cut, lopped;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →tondeo, tondere, totondi, tonsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
cut, shear, clip;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vestitum: tam consimilest atque ego; sura, pes, statura, tonsus, oculi, nasum vel labra, malae, mentum, barba, collus: totus..."Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...vertice amputantem capillos. Ubi illuxit, ipse circa verticem tonsus, capilli iacentes reperiuntur. Exiguum temporis medium, et rursus simile..."
