LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective

circum-tonsus

Meaning

  1. shorn all around

circum-tonsus, a, um, Part. [tondeo],
I. shorn all around (rare).
I. Prop., Varr. ap. Non. p. 179, 8; * Suet. Aug. 45: pinus, Petr. 131, 8, 3.—*
II. Trop., of discourse: oratio circumtonsa et fucata et manu facta, elaborate, artificial, Sen. Ep. 115, 2.

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What does circum-tonsus mean in Latin?
circum-tonsus, a adjective, means “shorn all around”.