dē-tondĕo — Lewis & Short
dē-tondĕo, tŏtondi and tondi, tonsum, 2 (detotonderat, Varr. ap.
Prisc. p. 868 P.;I
opp. detondit, Enn. ib.: detonderis,Cato R. R. 96, 1; Col. 7, 4, 7), v. a., to shear off, cut off, to clip, shear.
I Prop.:
oves,Cato R. R. 96, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 28; cf. Plaut. Bac. 5, 2, 10:
virgulta (for which, shortly before, deputare),Col. 4, 23 fin.:
crines,Ov. F. 6, 229; cf.:
detonsa juventus,Pers. 3, 54:
detonsi manni,Prop. 4 (5), 8, 15.—
II Transf.:
detonsae frigore frondes,i. e. stripped off, Ov. F. 3, 237: deque totondit agros laetos, i. e. lays waste, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 868 P. (An. v. 487 Vahl.):
salices haedi, gramina vaccae,i. e. crop, eat, Nemes. Ecl. 1, 6.