tonstricula

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Latin > English

tonstricula tonstriculae N F :: little female barber

tonstrīcŭla: ae, f.
dim. tonstrix,
I a little female hair-cutter or barber, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; cf. tonstrix.

tōnstrīcŭla, æ, f. (tonstrix), barbière : Cic. Tusc. 5, 58.

tōnstrīcula, ae, f. (Demin. v. tonstrix), die Schererin, verächtl. = Bartkratzerin, Cic. Tusc. 5, 58.