tonsus
See also: Tonsus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of tondeō (“shave, shear, clip”).
Participle
[edit]tōnsus (feminine tōnsa, neuter tōnsum); first/second-declension participle
- shaved, sheared, clipped, having been shaved
- cropped, pruned, trimmed, having been cropped
- mowed, reaped, having been mowed
- grazed upon, having been grazed upon
- plundered, deprived, having been plundered
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | tōnsus | tōnsa | tōnsum | tōnsī | tōnsae | tōnsa | |
| genitive | tōnsī | tōnsae | tōnsī | tōnsōrum | tōnsārum | tōnsōrum | |
| dative | tōnsō | tōnsae | tōnsō | tōnsīs | |||
| accusative | tōnsum | tōnsam | tōnsum | tōnsōs | tōnsās | tōnsa | |
| ablative | tōnsō | tōnsā | tōnsō | tōnsīs | |||
| vocative | tōnse | tōnsa | tōnsum | tōnsī | tōnsae | tōnsa | |
Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]tōnsus m (genitive tōnsūs); fourth declension
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tōnsus | tōnsūs |
| genitive | tōnsūs | tōnsuum |
| dative | tōnsuī | tōnsibus |
| accusative | tōnsum | tōnsūs |
| ablative | tōnsū | tōnsibus |
| vocative | tōnsus | tōnsūs |
References
[edit]- “tonsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tonsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "tonsus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tonsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tonsus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly