verbsecond conjugation
attondeō
attondeō (present infinitive attondēre, perfect active attondī, supine attōnsum)
Classical[atˈtɔn.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[atˈtɔn.de.o]
Meaning
- to shave, shear, clip; crop, prune
- to cheat, fleece
- to diminish, lessen
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | attondeō | attondēbam | attondēbō | attondī | attonderam | attonderō |
| 2nd sg. | attondēs | attondēbās | attondēbis | attondistī | attonderās | attonderis |
| 3rd sg. | attondet | attondēbat | attondēbit | attondit | attonderat | attonderit |
| 1st pl. | attondēmus | attondēbāmus | attondēbimus | attondimus | attonderāmus | attonderimus |
| 2nd pl. | attondētis | attondēbātis | attondēbitis | attondistis | attonderātis | attonderitis |
| 3rd pl. | attondent | attondēbant | attondēbunt | attondērunt attondēre | attonderant | attonderint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | attondeam | attondērem | attonderim | attondissem |
| 2nd sg. | attondeās | attondērēs | attonderīs | attondissēs |
| 3rd sg. | attondeat | attondēret | attonderit | attondisset |
| 1st pl. | attondeāmus | attondērēmus | attonderīmus | attondissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | attondeātis | attondērētis | attonderītis | attondissētis |
| 3rd pl. | attondeant | attondērent | attonderint | attondissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | attondeor | attondēbar | attondēbor |
| 2nd sg. | attondēris attondēre | attondēbāris attondēbāre | attondēberis attondēbere |
| 3rd sg. | attondētur | attondēbātur | attondēbitur |
| 1st pl. | attondēmur | attondēbāmur | attondēbimur |
| 2nd pl. | attondēminī | attondēbāminī | attondēbiminī |
| 3rd pl. | attondentur | attondēbantur | attondēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | attondear | attondērer |
| 2nd sg. | attondeāris attondeāre | attondērēris attondērēre |
| 3rd sg. | attondeātur | attondērētur |
| 1st pl. | attondeāmur | attondērēmur |
| 2nd pl. | attondeāminī | attondērēminī |
| 3rd pl. | attondeantur | attondērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | attondē | attondēre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | attondēte | attondēminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | attondētō | attondētor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | attondētō | attondētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | attondētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | attondentō | attondentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | attondēre | attondērī |
| perfect infinitive | attondisse | attōnsum esse |
| future infinitive | attōnsūrum esse | attōnsum īrī |
| present participle | attondēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | attōnsus attōnsa, attōnsā, attōnsae, attōnsam, attōnsārum, attōnsās, attōnse, attōnsī, attōnsīs, attōnsō, attōnsōrum, attōnsōs |
| future participle | attōnsūrus attōnsūra, attōnsūrā, attōnsūrae, attōnsūram, attōnsūrārum, attōnsūrās, attōnsūre, attōnsūrī, attōnsūrīs, attōnsūrō, attōnsūrōrum, attōnsūrōs, attōnsūrum | attondendus attondenda, attondendā, attondendae, attondendam, attondendārum, attondendās, attondende, attondendīs, attondendōrum, attondendōs |
gerundattondendī, attondendō, attondendumsupineattōnsum, attōnsū
at-tondĕo (better than adt-), tondi, tonsum, 2, v. a. (
I. perf. redupl. sync. attodisse = attotondisse or attondisse, Verg. Cat. 8, 9:
* attondi = attonderi, Veg. Art. Vet. 2, 28, 36), to shave, shear, clip, crop (rare, and mostly poet.; syn.: tondeo, carpo, puto): rusticus Saturni dente relictam Persequitur vitem attondens, pruning, he cuts off the vine around, Verg. G. 2, 407: caput attonsum, Cels. 4, 3; and Vulg. Ezech. 44, 20: comam, ib. Lev. 19, 27; so, ad cutem, Scrib. Comp. 10.—Poet., to gnaw at, nibble: tenera attondent virgulta capellae, Verg. E. 10, 7: attonsa arva, i. e. fed down, Luc. 6, 84: prata, Aus. Mos. 203.—Trop.: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, shorn, i. e. diminished, lessened, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (as transl. of the Gr. Ἡμετέραις βουλαῖς Σπάρτη μὲν ἐκείρατο δόξαν, Plut. 2, p. 1098): sic quoque attondentur, cut off, Vulg. Nahum, 1, 12: attondere aliquem, i. e. to cheat, fleece (cf. admutilo), Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 18; and in a pun: attonsae quidem ambae usque sunt (oves), id. Bacch. 5, 2, 7; 5, 1, 9: metuo, si senex resciverit, Ne ulmos parasitos faciat, quae usque attondeant, rough-hew me, id. Ep. 2, 3, 6 (cf. Horace's fuste dolat, S. 1, 5, 23).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
attondeō (adt-) tondī, tōnsus, ēre
ad + tondeo, to shave, shear: vitem, to prune, V.: virgulta, to crop, V.—Fig.: laus attonsa, depreciated (poet.).
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinattondeō
Latin tondeō Latin attondeō From ad- + tondeō (“shave, shear”).