shave (v.) Copy link Outline I. To remove the hair of the body1. rādo, si, sum, 3 (to shave off the hair with a razor)2. tondeo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (to clip with scissorsII. To pare off, in gen. sense • shave (v.): I. To remove the hair of the body: 1. rādo, si, sum, 3 (to shave off the hair with a razor): to s. the head and eyebrows, caput et supercilia r., Cic. R. Com. 7, 20: to s. the head (as a token of slavery), caput r., Liv. 34, 52, fin.: to s. the beard, barbam r., Suet. Aug. 79. Comp. (1). abrādo, 3 (to shave off): the eyebrows entirely s.d off, supercilia penitus abrasa, Cic. R. Com. 7, 20: Hor. (2). dērādo. 3 (to shave off: rare): to s. the hair off the whole head, capillum ex capite omni d., Gell. 17, 9. Frequent. rāsĭto, 1: to be s.d every day, faciem quotidie rasitare, Suet. Oth. 12. 2. tondeo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (to clip with scissors: according to the earlier and ruder custom). to s. (clip) the beard and hair, barbam et capillum t., Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: to s. the face, os t. Cat. 61, 135. Comp. attondeo, tondi, tonsum, 2 a shaven head, caput attonsum, Cels. 4, 3, fin. Phr.: to s. the beard for the first time, barbatoriam facere, Petr. Sat. 73, 6. (N.B.--Beware of using rado as verb intr. either the object must be expressed, as in exx. given above, or the pass. refl. must be used: cf. Suet. Caes. 45, circa corporis curam morosior, ut non solum tonderetur ac raderetur....) II. To pare off, in gen. sense: rādo, 3: v. to scrape off.