adsuefacio

assŭē-făcĭo ( ads-, B. and K., Halm., Weissenb., Dinter), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [assuetus], to use or accustom to something, to habituate, inure; constr., in Cicero's time, with abl.; later, with dat. or ad, with in with abl., and with inf. (cf. assuesco).

a.

With abl.:

aliquem puro sermone adsuefacere,

Cic. Brut. 59, 213; so id. de Or. 3, 10, 39:

alicujus rei exercitatione adsuefactus,

id. Cat. 2, 5:

armis,

id. Brut. 2, 7; id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

nullo officio aut disciplinā adsuefactus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

quodam genere pugnae adsuefacti,

id. B. C. 1, 44:

eruditus et adsuefactus alienis experimentis,

Tac. Or. 34.—

b.

With dat.:

operi,

Liv. 24, 48:

corvus adsuefactus sermoni,

Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; so Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 15:

parvulos probitati, modestiae,

Tac. Or. 29:

non luxui aut voluptatibus,

id. A. 12, 5:

quorum moribus,

id. ib. 12, 10: aliquem lanificio, Suet. Aug. 64.—

c.

With ad:

ad supplicia patrum plebem adsuefacere,

Liv. 3, 52 fin. —

d.

With in with abl. (eccl. Lat.):

homo adsuetus in verbis,

Vulg. Eccli. 23, 20; ib. Jer. 2, 24.—

e.

With inf.:

Caesar (ceteras nationes) domuit, imperio populi Romani parere adsuefecit,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13 fin.:

equos eodem remanere vestigio adsuefaciunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2:

parva momenta levium certaminum adsuefaciebant militem paenitere, etc.,

Liv. 22, 12.