tonstrix

Latin

Etymology

From tōnsor (“hair cutter, barber”) + -trīx; from tondeō (“shear, shave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈton.striːks/, [ˈt̪õːs̠t̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈton.striks/, [ˈt̪ɔnst̪riks]

Noun

tōnstrīx f (genitive tōnstrīcis, masculine tōnsor); third declension

1. a female hair cutter, barber

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tōnstrīx	tōnstrīcēs
Genitive	tōnstrīcis	tōnstrīcum
Dative	tōnstrīcī	tōnstrīcibus
Accusative	tōnstrīcem	tōnstrīcēs
Ablative	tōnstrīce	tōnstrīcibus
Vocative	tōnstrīx	tōnstrīcēs

Related terms

• tondeō
• tōnsilis
• tōnsiō
• tōnsor
• tōnstrīcula
• tōnstrīna
• tōnstrīnum
• tōnsus
• tōnsōrius
• tōnsūra

 

References

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