tondeō totondī, tōnsus, ēre 1 TEM-, to shear, clip, crop, shave: tondere filias docuit: Candidior postquam tondenti barba cadebat, the barber, V.: oves, H.: lanam, H.: saltatrix tonsa, i. e. with hair clipped short (of Gabinius): eum tonderi coegerunt. L.

—To crop, lop, prune, trim: Ille comam mollis iam tondebat hyacinthi, was cropping, V.: ilicem bipennibus, H.

—To mow, reap: tonsas cessare novales patiere, after harvest, V.: tensam verrit humum, O.

—To crop, graze, browse upon, pluck, gather, cull: dumeta (iuvenci), V.: rostro iecur (voltur), V.

—To fleece, plunder: Tondens purpureā regna paterna comā, Pr.