tondeo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₂- (“to cut”). See also Latin temnō, tempus, templum, Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō), Welsh tam (“morsel”), Middle Irish tamnaim (“I cut off”), Old Church Slavonic тина (tina, “to split, cleave”), and the second element of Latin aestimare (“to appraise, value, estimate”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈton.de.oː/, [ˈtɔn.de.oː]
Verb
tondeō (present infinitive tondēre, perfect active totondī, supine tōnsum); second conjugation
- I shave, shear, clip.
- I crop, prune, trim.
- I mow, reap.
- I graze upon, browse, feed.
- I plunder, deprive, fleece somebody.
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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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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