tonsus
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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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tōnsus | tōnsa | tōnsum | tōnsī | tōnsae | tōnsa | |
| Genitive | tōnsī | tōnsae | tōnsī | tōnsōrum | tōnsārum | tōnsōrum | |
| Dative | tōnsō | 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.
| Case | 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