mansuefacio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mānsuētus, perfect passive participle of mānsuēscō (“to tame”) + faciō (“to make”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /man.su.eːˈfa.ki.oː/, [mä̃ːs̠ueːˈfäkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /man.su.eˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [mänsueˈfäːt͡ʃio]
Verb edit
mānsuēfaciō (present infinitive mānsuēfacere, perfect active mānsuēfēcī, supine mānsuēfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- (transitive) to tame
- mānsuēfierī ― to grow tame
- (transitive) to make gentle, soften, civilize, pacify
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “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.