tonsio

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. From tondeō.

Noun

tōnsiō f (genitive tōnsiōnis); third declension

1. shearing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tōnsiō	tōnsiōnēs
Genitive	tōnsiōnis	tōnsiōnum
Dative	tōnsiōnī	tōnsiōnibus
Accusative	tōnsiōnem	tōnsiōnēs
Ablative	tōnsiōne	tōnsiōnibus
Vocative	tōnsiō	tōnsiōnēs

Related terms

• tondeō
• tōnsus

Descendants

• French: toison
  • → Spanish: toisón
• Italian: tosone
• Portuguese: tosão

References

• “tonsio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tonsio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.