tonsio

Latin

Etymology

From tondeō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

tōnsiō f (genitive tōnsiōnis); third declension (Late Latin)

  1. shearing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tōnsiō tōnsiōnēs
genitive tōnsiōnis tōnsiōnum
dative tōnsiōnī tōnsiōnibus
accusative tōnsiōnem tōnsiōnēs
ablative tōnsiōne tōnsiōnibus
vocative tōnsiō tōnsiōnēs

Descendants

  • French: toison
  • Italian: tosone
  • Portuguese: tosão

References

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