English → Latin
“hair-dresser” in Latin
tōnsorbarber, a person who cuts hair professionally, particularly for men.; gardener, a person who prunes and trims plants proōrnātrīxhairdresser, tirewoman, adorner
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hair-dresser
capitum etoapillorum concinnator (Col., 1, praef. 5): tonsor (barber, who dressed the hair of men): ornatrix (a female slave, whose office was to dress the hair). ☞ A wealthy Roman lady would keep a separate “ornatrix” for each peculiar fashion of head-dress; Vid: Böttiger’s Sabina, p. 151: ☞ ciniflo or cinerarius was the slave who heated the curling- irons, calamistra, at his mistress’s door; Vid: Heindorf, Hor., Sat., 1, 2, 98, p. 49.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hair-dresser?
- The usual Latin words for “hair-dresser” are tōnsor, ōrnātrīx. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.