tondeo

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.