tonstrix
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
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.
