Tonsus

• Tonzus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τόνσος (Tónsos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtõː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɔn.sus]

Tōnsus m sg (genitive Tōnsī); second declension

1. The most important tributary river of the Hebrus, now called Tundzha or Tunca

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Tonsus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly