tonsio

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. From tondeō.

Noun

tōnsiō f (genitive tōnsiōnis); third declension

shearing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tōnsiō	tōnsiōnēs
Genitive	tōnsiōnis	tōnsiōnum
Dative	tōnsiōnī	tōnsiōnibus
Accusative	tōnsiōnem	tōnsiōnēs
Ablative	tōnsiōne	tōnsiōnibus
Vocative	tōnsiō	tōnsiōnēs

Related terms

Descendants

French: toison
- → Spanish: toisón
Italian: tosone
Portuguese: tosão

References

“tonsio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
tonsio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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