tondeo

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₁- (“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 aestimō (“to appraise, value, estimate”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to shave, shear, clip
    Synonyms: abrādō, rādō
    • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 5.58:
      Quīn etiam nē tōnsōrī collum committeret, tondēre fīliās suās docuit.
      Moreover, he would not entrust his throat to a barber, but had his daughters taught to shave.
  2. to crop, prune, trim
  3. to mow, reap
  4. to graze upon, browse, feed
  5. to plunder, deprive, strip
    Synonyms: prīvō, dēturbō, nūdō, dēstringō, stringō, fraudō, adimō

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

Descendants

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 Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • tondeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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