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in-tondĕo, tondi, tonsum, 2, v. a., to clip off: fibrarum summas partes, Col. 11, 3, 31.

2. intonsus, a, um, adj. [2. in-tondeo], unshorn.

  1. I. Lit.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Acc. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26: capilli, Hor. Epod. 15, 9: crinis, Tib. 1, 4,38: Cynthius, Hor. C. 1, 21, 2: deus, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 52: comae, Curt. 9, 10, 9; 4, 13, 5: mentum, id. 8, 9, 22: caput, Ov. F. 4, 655: ora, i. e. not yet shaved, Verg. A. 9, 181: oves, Col. 7, 3, 7.
    With Gr. acc.: Rhodanique comas intonsa juventus, Sil. 15, 674.
  2. B. Transf.: montes, i. e. leafy (covered with grass, herbs, or bushes), Verg. E. 5, 63: quercus intonsaque caelo Attollunt capita, leafy, id. A. 9, 681: myrtus, Stat. S. 4, 7, 10.
    Of the old Romans, who neither cut their hair nor shaved their beards: tonsores in Italiam venere post Romam conditam anno CCCCLIV., antea intonsi fuere, Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211: Cato, Hor. C. 2, 15, 11: avi, bearded, Ov. F. 2, 30.
  3. II. Trop., unpolished, rude: homines intonsi et inculti, Liv. 21, 32: Getae, Ov. P. 4, 2, 2.