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I. Lit.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Acc. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26: “capilli,” Hor. Epod. 15, 9: “crinis,” Tib. 1, 4,38: “Cynthius,” Hor. C. 1, 21, 2: “deus,” Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 52: “comae,” Curt. 9, 10, 9; 4, 13, 5: “mentum,” id. 8, 9, 22: “caput,” Ov. F. 4, 655: “ora,” i. e. not yet shaved, Verg. A. 9, 181: “oves,” Col. 7, 3, 7.—With Gr. acc.: “Rhodanique comas intonsa juventus,” Sil. 15, 674.—
B. . Transf.: montes, i. e. leafy (covered with grass, herbs, or bushes), Verg. E. 5, 63: “quercus intonsaque caelo Attollunt capita,” leafy, id. A. 9, 681: “myrtus,” Stat. S. 4, 7, 10.—Of the old Romans, who neither cut their hair nor shaved their beards: “tonsores in Italiam venere post Romam conditam anno CCCCLIV., antea intonsi fuere,” Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211: Cato, Hor. C. 2, 15, 11: “avi,” bearded, Ov. F. 2, 30. —
