mansuefacio
Latin
Etymology
From mānsuē(scō) (“to tame”) + faciō (“to make, -ify”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mãː.su.eːˈfa.ki.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [man.su.eˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]
Verb
mānsuēfaciō (present infinitive mānsuēfacere, perfect active mānsuēfēcī, supine mānsuēfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive
- (transitive) to tame
- Synonyms: plācō, domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, permulceō, mītigō, compōnō, restinguō, commītigō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, sileō, molliō
- Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō
- mānsuēfierī ― to grow tame
- (transitive) to make gentle, soften, civilize, pacify
Conjugation
Conjugation of mānsuēfaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive)
References
- “mansuefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mansuefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mansuefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.