mansuescere
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin mānsuēscere (“to tame”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /man.suˈɛʃ.ʃe.re/, /manˈswɛʃ.ʃe.re/
- Rhymes: -ɛʃʃere
- Hyphenation: man‧su‧è‧sce‧re, man‧suè‧sce‧re
Verb
editmansuescere
- (obsolete, rare, intransitive) to tame (to become tame)
- c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato secondo, capitolo I [Second treatise, Chapter 1]”, in Convivio [The Banquet][1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 3:
- che vuol dire che lo savio uomo con lo strumento de la sua voce fa[r]ia mansuescere e umiliare li crudeli cuori, e fa[r]ia muovere a la sua volontade coloro che non hanno vita di scienza e d’arte
- which is to say that the wise man with the instrument of his voice makes cruel hearts grow tender and humble and moves to his will those who do not devote their lives to knowledge and art
Conjugation
edit- The verb is only attested in the infinitive form.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- mansuescere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
editVerb
editmānsuēscere
- inflection of mānsuēscō:
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛʃʃere/4 syllables
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