mansuefacio

mansŭēfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a.; pass. mansŭēfīo, factus, fiĕri [mansuetus-facio], to make tame, to tame (class.).

I.

Lit.:

mansuefacimus animalia? indomita nascuntur,

Quint. 9, 4, 5: uri assuescere ad homines et mansuefieri, ne parvuli quidem excepti, possunt, grow or become tame, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

arietes feri mansuefacti,

Col. 7, 2, 4:

tigris mansuefactus,

Plin. 8, 17, 25, § 65:

grues mansuefactae,

id. 10, 23, 30, § 59.— Transf.:

aes attritu domitum et consuetudine nitoris veluti mansuefactum,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97.—

II.

Trop., to make gentle, to soften, civilize, pacify: a quibus (nos) mansuefacti et exculti, *Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62:

deposita et mansuefacta barbaria,

Just. 43, 4, 1:

plebem,

Liv. 3, 14 fin.:

ferum ingenium,

Suet. Calig. 11. [p. 1110]