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) IPA^(key): /tonˈstriː.na/, [t̪õːˈs̠t̪riːnä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tonˈstri.na/, [t̪onˈst̪riːnä]

Noun

tōnstrīna f (genitive tōnstrīnae); first declension

barbershop, a place to receive a professional haircut, particularly for men.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tōnstrīna	tōnstrīnae
Genitive	tōnstrīnae	tōnstrīnārum
Dative	tōnstrīnae	tōnstrīnīs
Accusative	tōnstrīnam	tōnstrīnās
Ablative	tōnstrīnā	tōnstrīnīs
Vocative	tōnstrīna	tōnstrīnae

Related terms

tondeō
tōnsilis
tōnsiō
tōnsor
tōnstrīcula
tōnstrīnum
tōnstrīx
tōnsus
tōnsōrius
tōnsūra

References

“tonstrina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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