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From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Latin > English

tonsor tonsoris N M :: barber

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tonsor: (TOSOR, Inscr. Fabr. p. 214, n. 546), ōris, m. id..
I A shearer, clipper, shaver of the hair, beard, nails, etc., a hair-cutter, barber, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10; Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 92; 1, 1, 94; 1, 7, 50; id. A. P. 301; Mart. 6, 57, 3; 11, 84, 2; Suet. Aug. 79; Inscr. Orell. 2883; a shearer of sheep: ovium, Vulg. Gen. 38, 12; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 136 (2d edit.).—Of a nail-cutter: tonsor ungues dempserat, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 33. — Prov.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus esse, i. e. to be known to every body, to all the world, Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—
II A clipper, lopper, pruner, of plants: ramorum luxuriantium, Arn. 6, p. 197.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

tōnsŏr,¹² ōris, m. (tondeo), barbier, perruquier : Varro R. 2, 11, 10 ; Cic. Tusc. 5, 58 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 50 [le barbier coupait les ongles Pl. Aul. 312 ] || élagueur : Arn. 6, 12.

Latin > German (Georges)

tōnsor, ōris, m. (tondeo), I) der Scherer, a) der Wolle u. Wolltiere, tonsor pecorum, Edict. Diocl. 7, 32: ovium suarum, Vulg. genes. 38, 12; vgl. Vulg. 1. regg. 25, 11. – b) des Bartes, der Bartscherer, der Barbier (κουρεύς), dessen Geschäft nicht bloß im Bartscheren, sondern auch im Haar- u. Nägelbeschneiden bestand, Plaut., Varro, Cic. u.a.: ad tonsorem ire, Plaut.: tonsor ungues dempserat, Plaut.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus est, ist aller Welt bekannt, Hor. sat. 1, 7, 3 (dazu Fritzsche). Vgl. Blümner Römische Privataltertümer S. 267 f. – II) der Beschneider der Zweige, Arnob. 6, 12.

Translations

barber

Albanian: berber; Arabic: ⁧حَلَّاق⁩; Egyptian Arabic: ⁧حلاق⁩; Hijazi Arabic: ⁧حلاق⁩; Moroccan Arabic: ⁧حلاق⁩, ⁧حسان⁩, ⁧حجام⁩; South Levantine Arabic: ⁧حلاق⁩; Armenian: վարսավիր, սափրիչ; Aromanian: barber; Assamese: নাপিত; Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ⁧ܓܲܪܵܥܵܐ⁩, ⁧ܓܲܪܵܥܬܵܐ⁩; Azerbaijani: bərbər, dəllək; Belarusian: цырульнік, цырульніца; Bengali: নাপিত; Bulgarian: бръснар, бръснарка, фризьор, фризьорка; Burmese: ဆတ္တာသည်; Catalan: barber; Chechen: ларгант; Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏍᏙᏰᏍᎩ; Chinese Mandarin: 理髮師/理发师; Chukchi: инэнимэтыльын; Czech: holič, holička, lazebník, bradýř, bradýřka, kadeřník, kadeřnice; Dalmatian: burbur; Danish: barber; Dutch: kapper, haarkapper, coiffeur, barbier; Esperanto: barbiro; Finnish: parturi, hiustenleikkaaja; French: coiffeur, coiffeuse, barbier; Galician: barbeiro; Georgian: დალაქი, მკრეჭავი, პარიკმახერი; German: Barbier, Bartschneider, Bartscherer, Friseur; Greek: μπαρμπέρης, μπαρμπιέρης, μπερμπέρης, κουρέας; Ancient Greek: βροτοκέρτης, κορσᾶς, κορσωτήρ, κορσωτεύς, κουρεύς, κουρευτής, ξυρητής; Haitian Creole: kwafè; Hebrew: ⁧סַפָּר⁩, ⁧ספרית⁩; Hindi: नाई; Hungarian: borbély; Icelandic: rakari, bartskeri; Indonesian: barbir, tukang cukur; Irish: bearbóir; Italian: barbiere, parrucchiere; Japanese: 理髪師, 床屋; Kamba: kinyozi; Kamta: নাউৱা; Kazakh: шаштараз, шаштаразшы; Khmer: ជាងកាត់សក់, ហាងកាត់សក់; Kikuyu: kinyothi; Korean: 이발사(理髮師), 리발사(理髮師), 이용사(理容師), 리용사(理容師); Kyrgyz: чачтарач, парикмахер; Ladino: berber, kuafor, arrapador; Lao: ຊ່າງຕັດຜົມ; Latin: tonsor, tonstrix; Luhya: kinyozi; Luo: kinyozi; Macedonian: бербер, берберка; Malayalam: ക്ഷുരകൻ, അമ്പിട്ടൻ; Maltese: barbier, barbiera; Maori: kaikuti makawe; Mopan Maya: ajk'o'os; Norman: barbyi; Norwegian Bokmål: barberer; Ottoman Turkish: ⁧بربر⁩, ⁧پروكار⁩, ⁧صقال كسن⁩; Persian: ⁧سرتراش⁩, ⁧گرای⁩ sg, ⁧سترنده⁩ sg, ⁧پیرایشگر⁩ sg; Plautdietsch: Barba; Polabian: vǫ̇sĕpuc; Polish: balwierz, balwierka, barber, barberka, fryzjer, fryzjerka, golarz, golarka, golibroda; Portuguese: barbeiro; Romanian: bărbier, frizer, coafor; Russian: парикмахер, брадобрей, цирюльник, цирюльница; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: брица, бѐрбер, ба̀рбӣр, бербѐрӣн; Roman: brica, bèrber, bàrbīr, berbèrīn; Slovak: holič, holička, kaderník, kaderníčka; Slovene: brivec; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: frizer; Upper Sorbian: frizer, łazenk, barběr, truhar; Spanish: barbero, peluquero; Swahili: kinyozi; Swedish: frisör, barberare; Tagalog: barbero; Tajik: сартарош; Telugu: క్షురకుడు, మంగలి; Thai: กัลบก, ช่างตัดผม; Turkish: berber, perukâr, sakal kesen, kuaför; Turkmen: dellek; Ukrainian: перукар, перукарка, голяр, голярка; Uyghur: ⁧ساتىراش⁩, ⁧ساتىراچ⁩; Uzbek: sartarosh; Venetian: peruchièr; Vietnamese: thợ cắt tóc; Volapük: jeifan, hijeifan, jijeifan; Welsh: barbwr; West Frisian: skearbaas; Yiddish: ⁧שערער⁩, ⁧שערערין⁩