mansuesco
Latin
Etymology
From manus (“hand”) + suēscō (“become accustomed”).
Compare typologically Russian прируча́ть (priručátʹ) (< рука́ (ruká)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mãːˈsʷeːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [manˈsʷɛs.ko]
Verb
mānsuēscō (present infinitive mānsuēscere, perfect active mānsuēvī, supine mānsuētum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to tame, render mild, gentle, or peaceable
- (intransitive) to become or grow tame, gentle, mild, soft
Conjugation
Conjugation of mānsuēscō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “mansuesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mansuesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mansuesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.