tonstrina
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tōnsor (“barber”) + -īna (“-ery: suffix forming nouns of location where an activity is carried out”), from tondeō (“to clip, to trim”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tonˈstriː.na/, [t̪õːˈs̠t̪riːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tonˈstri.na/, [t̪onˈst̪riːnä]
Noun edit
tōnstrīna f (genitive tōnstrīnae); first declension
- barbershop, a place to receive a professional haircut, particularly for men.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tōnstrīna | tōnstrīnae |
| Genitive | tōnstrīnae | tōnstrīnārum |
| Dative | tōnstrīnae | tōnstrīnīs |
| Accusative | tōnstrīnam | tōnstrīnās |
| Ablative | tōnstrīnā | tōnstrīnīs |
| Vocative | tōnstrīna | tōnstrīnae |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “tonstrina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press