tonstrina
Latin
Etymology
From tōnsor (“barber”) + -īna (“-ery: suffix forming nouns of location where an activity is carried out”), from tondeō (“to clip, to trim”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tõːˈstriː.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪onˈst̪riː.na]
Noun
tōnstrīna f (genitive tōnstrīnae); first declension
- barbershop, a place to receive a professional haircut, particularly for men.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tōnstrīna | tōnstrīnae |
| genitive | tōnstrīnae | tōnstrīnārum |
| dative | tōnstrīnae | tōnstrīnīs |
| accusative | tōnstrīnam | tōnstrīnās |
| ablative | tōnstrīnā | tōnstrīnīs |
| vocative | tōnstrīna | tōnstrīnae |
Related terms
References
- “tonstrina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press