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tonstrix

From LSJ

Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ → The fool laughs even when there's nothing to laugh at

Menander

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