tonstrix
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
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.
