tonsorius

Latin

Etymology

tondeō (“cut, shear”) +‎ -tōrius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tonˈsoː.ri.us/, [t̪õːˈs̠oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tonˈso.ri.us/, [t̪onˈsɔːrius]

Adjective

tōnsōrius (feminine tōnsōria, neuter tōnsōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) shaving
2. (relational) barber

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tōnsōrius	tōnsōria	tōnsōrium		tōnsōriī	tōnsōriae	tōnsōria
Genitive	tōnsōriī	tōnsōriae	tōnsōriī		tōnsōriōrum	tōnsōriārum	tōnsōriōrum
Dative	tōnsōriō		tōnsōriō		tōnsōriīs
Accusative	tōnsōrium	tōnsōriam	tōnsōrium		tōnsōriōs	tōnsōriās	tōnsōria
Ablative	tōnsōriō	tōnsōriā	tōnsōriō		tōnsōriīs
Vocative	tōnsōrie	tōnsōria	tōnsōrium		tōnsōriī	tōnsōriae	tōnsōria

Descendants

• Padanian:
  • Emilian: tisura
  • Ligurian: tisoîa, tesueîa
  • Lombard: tesoira
  • Piedmontese: tisòira, tësòira
  • Romagnol: tusur
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: tixera ⇒ estixera

    Belsetán: tisera ⇒ estisera

  • Benasqués: ⇒ estisera
  • Catalan: tisora
  • Occitan:

    Auvergnat: tesuira ⇒ estesuira

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: tixera, tisoria
  • Galician: tesoira
  • Portuguese: tesoura, tesoira
  • Spanish: tijera

References

• “tonsorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tonsorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tonsorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.