adjective
tonsĭlis
Meaning
- that may be shorn
tonsĭlis, e, adj. tondeo,
I. that may be shorn, cut, or clipped.
I. Lit.:
villus, Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203: facilitas piceae, id. 16, 10, 18, § 40. — II. Transf., for tonsus, shorn, clipped, cut, lopped: tapetes, Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3:
nemora, Plin. 12, 2, 6, § 13; cf. buxetum, Mart. 3, 58, 3.