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tonsa , ae, f. perh. from tundo,
I.an oar (poet.; mostly in plur.; syn. remus).
(α). Sing.: in mari magno tenere tonsam, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll. (Sota, v. 3 Vahl. p. 164): “valida tonsa,” Val. Fl. 1, 369. —
(β). Plur., Enn. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll. (Ann. v. 232; 235; 236 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 554; Verg. A. 7, 28; 10, 299; Luc. 3, 527; 5, 448; Sil. 11, 492; Sen. Agam. 443 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.28
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.554
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.448
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.527
    • Seneca, Agamemnon, 443
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.369
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