shear
shear
v. trans.
P. and V. κείρειν, τέμνειν ; see also shorn.
Shear (sheep): Ar. πεκτεῖν.
Met., fleece: Ar. πεκτεῖν.
You have shorn off your hair: V. κόμας ἀπέθρισας (1st aor. of ἀποθερίζειν (Eur. Hel. 1188).
A lock of shorn hair: V. κουρὰ τρῐχός, ἡ.
v. trans.
P. and V. κείρειν, τέμνειν ; see also shorn.
Shear (sheep): Ar. πεκτεῖν.
Met., fleece: Ar. πεκτεῖν.
You have shorn off your hair: V. κόμας ἀπέθρισας (1st aor. of ἀποθερίζειν (Eur. Hel. 1188).
A lock of shorn hair: V. κουρὰ τρῐχός, ἡ.
SHEAR
tondere (the proper word): recidere praecidere (to cut short or too short; e.g. capillum).
tondere (the proper word): recidere praecidere (to cut short or too short; e.g. capillum).
shear (v.):
I. To cut the wool off sheep:
1. tondeo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (most usual equiv.): to s. weak sheep, oves infirmas t., Hor. Epod. 2, 16: to s. (off) wool, lanam t., id. Od. 3, 15, 13. Comp. dētondeo, 2: to s. sheep, oves d., Cato R. R. 96: Col. Frequent. tonsĭto, 1 (to s. often): Pl.
2. tonsuram facio v.SHEARING , subs.
II. Fig. to strip, rob: rarely, if at all, except in p. part. shorn: spŏlio, nūdo, 1 v.TO STRIP . Also shorn of may be expr. by nūdus: cf. Hor. Od. 3, 16, 23 (nudus = shorn of all my wealth): and less freq. vĭduus: cf. ib. 1, 10, 11: v. DESTITUTE .
I. To cut the wool off sheep:
1. tondeo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (most usual equiv.): to s. weak sheep, oves infirmas t., Hor. Epod. 2, 16: to s. (off) wool, lanam t., id. Od. 3, 15, 13. Comp. dētondeo, 2: to s. sheep, oves d., Cato R. R. 96: Col. Frequent. tonsĭto, 1 (to s. often): Pl.
2. tonsuram facio v.
II. Fig. to strip, rob: rarely, if at all, except in p. part. shorn: spŏlio, nūdo, 1 v.