Latin edit

Etymology edit

From manus (hand) +‎ suēscō (become accustomed).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mānsuēscō (present infinitive mānsuēscere, perfect active mānsuēvī, supine mānsuētum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to tame, render mild, gentle, or peaceable
    Synonyms: mītigō, domō, lēniō, mānsuētō, 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. (intransitive) to become or grow tame, gentle, mild, soft

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of mānsuēscō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mānsuēscō mānsuēscis mānsuēscit mānsuēscimus mānsuēscitis mānsuēscunt
imperfect mānsuēscēbam mānsuēscēbās mānsuēscēbat mānsuēscēbāmus mānsuēscēbātis mānsuēscēbant
future mānsuēscam mānsuēscēs mānsuēscet mānsuēscēmus mānsuēscētis mānsuēscent
perfect mānsuēvī mānsuēvistī mānsuēvit mānsuēvimus mānsuēvistis mānsuēvērunt,
mānsuēvēre
pluperfect mānsuēveram mānsuēverās mānsuēverat mānsuēverāmus mānsuēverātis mānsuēverant
future perfect mānsuēverō mānsuēveris mānsuēverit mānsuēverimus mānsuēveritis mānsuēverint
passive present mānsuēscor mānsuēsceris,
mānsuēscere
mānsuēscitur mānsuēscimur mānsuēsciminī mānsuēscuntur
imperfect mānsuēscēbar mānsuēscēbāris,
mānsuēscēbāre
mānsuēscēbātur mānsuēscēbāmur mānsuēscēbāminī mānsuēscēbantur
future mānsuēscar mānsuēscēris,
mānsuēscēre
mānsuēscētur mānsuēscēmur mānsuēscēminī mānsuēscentur
perfect mānsuētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect mānsuētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect mānsuētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mānsuēscam mānsuēscās mānsuēscat mānsuēscāmus mānsuēscātis mānsuēscant
imperfect mānsuēscerem mānsuēscerēs mānsuēsceret mānsuēscerēmus mānsuēscerētis mānsuēscerent
perfect mānsuēverim mānsuēverīs mānsuēverit mānsuēverīmus mānsuēverītis mānsuēverint
pluperfect mānsuēvissem mānsuēvissēs mānsuēvisset mānsuēvissēmus mānsuēvissētis mānsuēvissent
passive present mānsuēscar mānsuēscāris,
mānsuēscāre
mānsuēscātur mānsuēscāmur mānsuēscāminī mānsuēscantur
imperfect mānsuēscerer mānsuēscerēris,
mānsuēscerēre
mānsuēscerētur mānsuēscerēmur mānsuēscerēminī mānsuēscerentur
perfect mānsuētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect mānsuētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mānsuēsce mānsuēscite
future mānsuēscitō mānsuēscitō mānsuēscitōte mānsuēscuntō
passive present mānsuēscere mānsuēsciminī
future mānsuēscitor mānsuēscitor mānsuēscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mānsuēscere mānsuēvisse mānsuētūrum esse mānsuēscī mānsuētum esse mānsuētum īrī
participles mānsuēscēns mānsuētūrus mānsuētus mānsuēscendus,
mānsuēscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
mānsuēscendī mānsuēscendō mānsuēscendum mānsuēscendō mānsuētum mānsuētū

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References edit

  • 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.