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tonstrix

From LSJ

Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

Latin > English

tonstrix tonstricis N F :: female barber

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tonstrix: (tonsrix, Charis. p. 30 P.), īcis, f. id.,
I a female hair-cutter or barber, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 51; 4, 2, 59; 4, 4, 3; Mart. 2, 17, 1; Inscr. Grut. 594, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

tōnstrīx, īcis, f. (tonsor), barbière : Pl. Truc. 405 ; Mart. 2, 17, 1. tonsrix d’après Char. 44, 11 ; avis opposé de Prisc. Vers. Æn. 1, 16.

Latin > German (Georges)

tōnstrīx, trīcis, f. (Femin. zu tonsor), die Schererin, Barbiererin, Plaut. truc. 405 u.a. Mart. 2, 17, 1. Amm. 16, 8, 10. Non. 150, 29. Prob. inst. 91, 19 K. Anecd. Helv. 75, 13. – / Charis. 44, 11 sagt tonsrix, non tonstrix; dagegen Prisc. part. XII vers. Aen. 1. § 16. p. 463, 16 nemo dicit tonsrix.

Latin > Chinese

tonstrix, icis. f. :: 剃頭之女