circumtonsus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

circum-tonsus, a, um, Part. [tondeo], shorn all around (rare).

I Prop., Varr. ap. Non. p. 179, 8; * Suet. Aug. 45: pinus, Petr. 131, 8, 3.—*

II Trop., of discourse: oratio circumtonsa et fucata et manu facta, elaborate , artificial , Sen. Ep. 115, 2.