tondere
Italian
Etymology
With a change in conjugation, from Latin tondēre, present active infinitive of tondeō (“I shave, shear”), from Proto-Italic *tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tond-éye-ti, causative derivation of the root *tend- (“to split, cut off”).
Pronunciation
Verb
tondere (obsolete or literary)
- to shave
- Synonym: tosare
- 14th c., “Capitolo XV [Chapter 15]”, in Fioretti di San Francesco[1], published 1843, page 41:
- salutata divotamente la Vergine Maria dinanzi al suo altare, dov'ella era stata tonduta e velata, sì la menarono vedendo il luogo, infino a tanto ch'e' fu ora di desinare
- having devoutly hailed the Virgin Mary in front of her altar, where she'd been shaven and veiled, they brought her around to take a look at the place, until it was time for dinner
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata terza, Novella II [Third Day, Second Novel]”, in Decamerone [Decameron][2], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 76:
- con un paio di forficette, lequali portate havea, gli tondè alquanto dall'una delle parti i capelli
- with a small pair of scissors, which he had brought, he cut quite a bit of his hair on one side
- (by extension) to prune; to mow
- Synonym: potare
- 1940, Riccardo Bacchelli, Mondo vecchio sempre nuovo [Ever New Old World], Mursia, published 1969:
- le falci […] vibravan le punte nello spessore dell'erba, tondevano raso terra, leggiere, sicure ed avide
- the scythes vibrated their tips in the thickness of the grass, they mowed along the ground, light, secure, and greedy
- (by extension) to graze
- Synonym: brucare
- 1793, Lorenzo Mascheroni, L'invito di Dafni Orobiano a Lesbia Cidonia[3]:
- l'erba ¶ Tondea la mite agnella
- the meek lamb grazed the grass
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- tondere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) tondēre
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