tonsor Latin · revision 32772

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *tond-eie-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtõː.sɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtɔn.sor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tōnsor''' ''m'' (genitive tōnsōris, feminine tōnstrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription has the form ''tōsor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tondeō|-tor|t1=to shear, clip]], from the supine stem of the verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|tondeō]] to [[itc-pro|*tond-eje-]] and [[ine-pro|*tond-eie-|t=to shear]], comparing [[grc|τένδω|tr=téndō|t=to gnaw at]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is one who cuts hair, beards or nails, a barber: Lewis & Short cite it from Varro, Cicero, Horace, Martial and Suetonius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary also gives a gardener who prunes and trims.^(Wiktionary) In Medieval Latin it was a sheep-shearer and one who clipped coins.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who cuts hair, a [[m|en|barber]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A gardener who prunes plants.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A sheep-[[m|en|shearer]]; one who clips coins.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tōnsōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tondeō]]

+ * [[tōnsilis]]

+ * [[tōnsiō]]

+ * [[tōnstrīcula]]

+ * [[tōnstrīna]]

+ * [[tōnstrīnum]]

+ * [[tōnstrīx]]

+ * [[tōnsūra]]

+ * [[tōnsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}