mansueto

See also: Mansueto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mānsuētus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.suˈɛ.to/, /manˈswɛ.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛto
  • Hyphenation: man‧su‧è‧to, man‧suè‧to

Adjective

mansueto (feminine mansueta, masculine plural mansueti, feminine plural mansuete)

  1. tame (animal)
  2. gentle, docile (person)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mansueto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • mansueto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Etymology

From mānsuēscō +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

Verb

mānsuētō (present infinitive mānsuētāre, perfect active mānsuētāvī, supine mānsuētātum); first conjugation

  1. to tame
    Synonyms: mītigō, domō, lēniō, mānsuēscō, mānsuēfaciō, permulceō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, plācō, restinguō, compōnō, commītigō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, sileō, molliō
    Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō
  2. to subdue, restrain

Conjugation

Adjective

mānsuētō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mānsuētus

References

  • mansueto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mansueto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.