intonsus

1.

intonsus, a, um, Part., from intondeo.

2.

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

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.—

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. —

II.

Trop., unpolished, rude:

homines intonsi et inculti,

Liv. 21, 32:

Getae,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 2.