tonstrix
Latin
Etymology
From tondeō, tōnsum (“shear, shave”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtõː.striːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɔn.st̪riks]
Noun
tōnstrīx f (genitive tōnstrīcis, masculine tōnsor); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tōnstrīx | tōnstrīcēs |
| genitive | tōnstrīcis | tōnstrīcum |
| dative | tōnstrīcī | tōnstrīcibus |
| accusative | tōnstrīcem | tōnstrīcēs |
| ablative | tōnstrīce | tōnstrīcibus |
| vocative | tōnstrīx | tōnstrīcēs |
Related terms
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.