tondeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₂- (“to cut”). See also Latin temnō, tempus, templum, Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō), Welsh tam (“morsel”), Middle Irish tamnaim (“I cut off”), Proto-Slavic *tęti "to split, cleave", and the second element of Latin aestimare (“to appraise, value, estimate”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈton.de.oː/, [ˈt̪ɔn̪d̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈton.de.o/, [ˈt̪ɔn̪d̪eo]

Verb

tondeō (present infinitive tondēre, perfect active totondī, supine tōnsum); second conjugation

1. I shave, shear, clip.
2. I crop, prune, trim.
3. I mow, reap.
4. I graze upon, browse, feed.
5. I plunder, deprive, fleece somebody.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tondeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tondeō	tondēs	tondet	tondēmus	tondētis	tondent
	imperfect	tondēbam	tondēbās	tondēbat	tondēbāmus	tondēbātis	tondēbant
	future	tondēbō	tondēbis	tondēbit	tondēbimus	tondēbitis	tondēbunt
	perfect	totondī	totondistī	totondit	totondimus	totondistis	totondērunt, totondēre
	pluperfect	totonderam	totonderās	totonderat	totonderāmus	totonderātis	totonderant
	future perfect	totonderō	totonderis	totonderit	totonderimus	totonderitis	totonderint
passive	present	tondeor	tondēris, tondēre	tondētur	tondēmur	tondēminī	tondentur
	imperfect	tondēbar	tondēbāris, tondēbāre	tondēbātur	tondēbāmur	tondēbāminī	tondēbantur
	future	tondēbor	tondēberis, tondēbere	tondēbitur	tondēbimur	tondēbiminī	tondēbuntur
	perfect	tōnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tōnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tōnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tondeam	tondeās	tondeat	tondeāmus	tondeātis	tondeant
	imperfect	tondērem	tondērēs	tondēret	tondērēmus	tondērētis	tondērent
	perfect	totonderim	totonderīs	totonderit	totonderīmus	totonderītis	totonderint
	pluperfect	totondissem	totondissēs	totondisset	totondissēmus	totondissētis	totondissent
passive	present	tondear	tondeāris, tondeāre	tondeātur	tondeāmur	tondeāminī	tondeantur
	imperfect	tondērer	tondērēris, tondērēre	tondērētur	tondērēmur	tondērēminī	tondērentur
	perfect	tōnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tōnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tondē	—	—	tondēte	—
	future	—	tondētō	tondētō	—	tondētōte	tondentō
passive	present	—	tondēre	—	—	tondēminī	—
	future	—	tondētor	tondētor	—	—	tondentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tondēre	totondisse	tōnsūrum esse	tondērī	tōnsum esse	tōnsum īrī
participles		tondēns	—	tōnsūrus	—	tōnsus	tondendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tondendī	tondendō	tondendum	tondendō	tōnsum	tōnsū

Derived terms

• attondeō
• dētondeō
• intondeō
• praetondeō

• tōnsilis
• tōnsiō
• tōnsor
• tōnsōrius

• tōnstrīcula
• tōnstrīna
• tōnstrīnum

• tōnstrīx
• tōnsūra
• tōnsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: tundu;tundu, tundiri
• Catalan: tondre
• Corsican: tonda, tonde
• French: tondre
• Friulian: tosâ
• Italian: tondere, tosare

• Occitan: tónder, tondre
• Portuguese: tosar
• Romanian: tunde, tundere
• Sicilian: tùnniri
• Spanish: tundir
• Venetian: toxar, tondir, tondar

References

• “tondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tondeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.