tondeō totondī, tōnsus, ēre
1 TEM-,
to shear, clip, crop, shave
: tondere filias docuit: Candidior postquam tondenti barba
cadebat,
the barber
, V.: oves, H.: lanam, H.: saltatrix
tonsa, i. e.
with hair clipped short
(of Gabinius): eum tonderi coëgerunt.
L.—To crop, lop, prune, trim
: Ille comam mollis iam tondebat hyacinthi,
was cropping
, V.: ilicem bipennibus, H.—
To mow, reap
: tonsas cessare novales patiere,
after harvest
, V.: tensam verrit humum, O.—
To crop, graze, browse upon, pluck, gather, cull
: dumeta (iuvenci), V.: rostro iecur (voltur), V.—
To fleece, plunder
: Tondens purpureā regna paterna comā,
Pr.