Latin

Participle

tōnsus m ‎(feminine tōnsa, neuter tōnsum); first/second declension

1. shaved, sheared, clipped, having been shaved
2. cropped, pruned, trimmed, having been cropped
3. mowed, reaped, having been mowed
4. grazed upon, having been grazed upon
5. plundered, deprived, having been plundered

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

• Italian: toso
• Romanian: tuns

Noun

tōnsus m ‎(genitive tōnsūs); fourth declension

1. a hairstyle, haircut

   Tam consimile'st atque ego: sūra, pēs, statūra, tōnsus, oculī, nāsus, vel labra, mālae, mentum, barba, collum - tōtus! (Platus, Amphitryo, Act 1, 443-445)

   He's so similar to me: his calves, feet, height, haircut, eyes, nose, lips, jaw, chin, beard, neck - all of it!

Inflection

Fourth declension.

References

• tonsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tonsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TONSUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tonsus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• tonsus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly