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Minimus | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 tondeo: I shear
Minimus is tidying up the vellus (fleece) of this rather undersized ovis (sheep) with forfices (shears) and gathering the lana (wool) 
#LatinVerbs

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5777597d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @19bcf1ed 

Ahh, vellus - vellum. Lanolin! And (pardon me for being crabby), forfices! I never knew a forfex could shear, though:

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5777597d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @19bcf1ed 

Methinks I detect the source of that barba cana!  😉