tōnsus

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tonsus, a, um, Part. of tondeo.

tonsus, ūs, m. [tondeo], the cut or mode of dressing the hair (ante-class.):

pes, statura, tonsus, oculi, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 288: mulier tonsu lugubri, Att. ap. Non. 179, 20.

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căpillus, i, m. ( căpillum, i, n., Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97, acc to Non. p. 198, 20) [a dim. form, akin to caput and Gr. kephalê; lit., adj. sc. crinis].

Lit., the hair of the head, the hair (while crinis is any hair).

Collect. (hence, acc. to Varr, ap. Charis. p. 80 P. in his time used only in the sing.; but the plur is found once in Cic., and since the Aug. poets very freq.) capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 56:

versipellis,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48:

compositus (or -um, acc. to Non. l. l.),

id. Most. 1, 3, 97; Ter Eun. 4, 3, 4 Ruhnk.;

5, 2, 21: compositus et delibutus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:

horridus,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

promissus,

long hair, Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

longus barbaque promissa,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1: horrens. Tac. G. 38:

ornatus,

Prop. 1, 2, 1:

tonsus,

Ov. M. 8, 151:

niger,

Hor. A. P. 37:

albus,

id. Epod. 17, 23:

albescens,

id. C. 3, 14, 25:

fulvus,

Ov. M. 12, 273 (opp. barba):

virgines tondebant barbam et capillum patris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

capillum et barbam promisisse,

Liv. 6, 16, 4; Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231.—

A hair (sing. very rare):

in imaginem capilli unius sat multorum,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 29.—So plur. (freq.), Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Prop. 1, 15, 11; 3 (4), 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; 1, 29, 7; 2, 11, 15; 3, 20, 14; Quint. 8, 2, 7; 11, 3, 160 (in Ov. M. alone more than fifty times).—

Transf.

The hair of men gen., both of the head and beard:

Dionysius cultros metuens tonsorios, candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25 Beier (cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

ut barbam et capillum sibi adurerent): ex barbā capillos detonsos neglegimus,

Sen. Ep. 92, 34; Suet. Ner. 1.—

The hair of animals:

cuniculi,

Cat. 25, 1:

apum,

Col. 9, 10, 1; Pall. Jun. 7, 7:

haedi,

Gell. 12, 1, 15:

membranae,

Pers. 3, 10; cf. Macr. S. 5, 11.—

The threads or fibres of plants, Phn. 21, 6, 17, §

33: capillus in rosā,

id. 21, 18, 73, § 121; hence, capillus Veneris, a plant, also called herba capillaris, maidenhair, App. Herb. 47.

căpillus, i, m. ( căpillum, i, n., Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97, acc to Non. p. 198, 20) [a dim. form, akin to caput and Gr. kephalê; lit., adj. sc. crinis].

Lit., the hair of the head, the hair (while crinis is any hair).

Collect. (hence, acc. to Varr, ap. Charis. p. 80 P. in his time used only in the sing.; but the plur is found once in Cic., and since the Aug. poets very freq.) capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 56:

versipellis,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48:

compositus (or -um, acc. to Non. l. l.),

id. Most. 1, 3, 97; Ter Eun. 4, 3, 4 Ruhnk.;

5, 2, 21: compositus et delibutus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:

horridus,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

promissus,

long hair, Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

longus barbaque promissa,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1: horrens. Tac. G. 38:

ornatus,

Prop. 1, 2, 1:

tonsus,

Ov. M. 8, 151:

niger,

Hor. A. P. 37:

albus,

id. Epod. 17, 23:

albescens,

id. C. 3, 14, 25:

fulvus,

Ov. M. 12, 273 (opp. barba):

virgines tondebant barbam et capillum patris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

capillum et barbam promisisse,

Liv. 6, 16, 4; Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231.—

A hair (sing. very rare):

in imaginem capilli unius sat multorum,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 29.—So plur. (freq.), Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Prop. 1, 15, 11; 3 (4), 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; 1, 29, 7; 2, 11, 15; 3, 20, 14; Quint. 8, 2, 7; 11, 3, 160 (in Ov. M. alone more than fifty times).—

Transf.

The hair of men gen., both of the head and beard:

Dionysius cultros metuens tonsorios, candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25 Beier (cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

ut barbam et capillum sibi adurerent): ex barbā capillos detonsos neglegimus,

Sen. Ep. 92, 34; Suet. Ner. 1.—

The hair of animals:

cuniculi,

Cat. 25, 1:

apum,

Col. 9, 10, 1; Pall. Jun. 7, 7:

haedi,

Gell. 12, 1, 15:

membranae,

Pers. 3, 10; cf. Macr. S. 5, 11.—

The threads or fibres of plants, Phn. 21, 6, 17, §

33: capillus in rosā,

id. 21, 18, 73, § 121; hence, capillus Veneris, a plant, also called herba capillaris, maidenhair, App. Herb. 47.

circum-tonsus, a, um, Part. [tondeo], shorn all around (rare).

Prop., Varr. ap. Non. p. 179, 8; * Suet. Aug. 45:

pinus,

Petr. 131, 8, 3.—

Trop., of discourse:

oratio circumtonsa et fucata et manu facta,

elaborate, artificial, Sen. Ep. 115, 2.

tondĕo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (collat. form acc. to the third conj.: OVES TONDVNTVR, Calend. ap. Grut. 138), v. a. [for tomdeo; root in Gr. temnô, to cut], to shear, clip, crop, to shave, etc.

Lit.:

barbam et capillum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so,

barbam,

Mart. 11, 39, 3:

capillum,

Ov. M. 8, 151:

cutem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 7:

os,

Cat. 61, 139:

ovem,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 28; Hor. Epod. 2, 16; Verg. G. 3, 443; Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 257; cf.

lanam,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 14:

naevos in facie,

Plin. 28, 4, 6, § 34: saltatrix tonsa, i. e. with hair clipped short (of the Consul Gabinius), Cic. Pis. 8, 18; cf.: tonsus puer or minister, cropped, i. e. common, mean, Mart. 10, 98, 9; 11, 11, 3: ad alta tonsum templa cum reum misit, i. e. acquitted (prop. without the untrimmed hair of accused persons), id. 2, 74, 3.—Mid.:

lavamur et tondemur et convivimus ex consuetudine,

Quint. 1, 6, 44.— Absol.:

ne tonsori collum committeret, tondere filias suas docuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—And in reflex. sense:

ut decrescente lunā tondens calvus fiam,

shaving myself, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 2:

candidior postquain tondenti barba cadebat,

Verg. E. 1, 29.—

Transf.

To crop, lop, prune, trim:

ille comam mollis jam tondebat hyacinthi,

was cropping, Verg. G. 4, 137:

violas manu,

Prop. 3, 13, 29:

vitem in pollicem,

Col. 4, 21, 3:

oleas, vites,

Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 4:

balsamum,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 112:

ilicem bipennibus,

to lop, Hor. C. 4, 4, 57:

myrtos,

Quint. 8, 3, 8.—

To mow, reap:

tonsas cessare novales patiere,

after harvest, Verg. G. 1, 71:

nocte arida prata Tondentur,

id. ib. 1, 290:

tondeturque seges maturos annua partus,

Tib. 4, 1, 172:

tonsam verrit humum,

Ov. R. Am. 192; Sen. Phoen. 130.—

To crop, to graze, feed, or browse upon, to eat off; to pluck, gather, cull ( poet.):

ex uno tondentes gramina campo Lanigerae pecudes,

Lucr. 2, 660:

pabula (pecudes),

id. 2, 317:

dumeta (juvenci),

Verg. G. 1, 15:

campum late (equi),

id. A. 3, 538:

viridantia gramina morsu,

id. Cul. 49:

tondentes comam fluvii capellae,

App. M. 5, p. 169, 37:

jecur rostro (vultur),

Verg. A. 6, 598:

ales avida fecundum jecur,

Sen. Agam. 18; cf.

in a Greek constr.: illa autem, quae tondetur praecordia rostro Alitis,

Sil. 13, 839. —

As in Engl., to shave, fleece, for to deprive, plunder (very rare):

adibo hunc... itaque tondebo auro usque ad vivam cutem,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 8:

tondens purpureā regna paterna comā,

Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 22.

tonsĭlis, e, adj. [tondeo], that may be shorn, cut, or clipped.

Lit.:

villus,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203:

facilitas piceae,

id. 16, 10, 18, § 40. —

Transf., for tonsus, shorn, clipped, cut, lopped: tapetes, Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3:

nemora,

Plin. 12, 2, 6, § 13; cf.

buxetum,

Mart. 3, 58, 3.