tonstrix

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Latin

Etymology

From tōnsor (“hair cutter, barber”) + -trīx; from tondeō (“shear, shave”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tōnstrīx f (genitive tōnstrīcis, masculine tōnsor); third declension

  1. a female hair cutter, barber

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tōnstrīx tōnstrīcēs
Genitive tōnstrīcis tōnstrīcum
Dative tōnstrīcī tōnstrīcibus
Accusative tōnstrīcem tōnstrīcēs
Ablative tōnstrīce tōnstrīcibus
Vocative tōnstrīx tōnstrīcēs

References

  • “tonstrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tonstrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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