mansuesco

mansŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum, 3, v. inch. a. and n. [manus-suesco; lit., to accustom to the hand; hence],

I.

Act., to tame, to make tame (in the verb. finit. ante- and post-class.; but cf. infra, mansuetus).

A.

Lit.:

silvestria animalia,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4:

tigres, Coripp. Johann. 6, 253: fructus feros,

Lucr. 5, 1368; v. Lachm. ad h. l.—

* B.

Trop., to render mild, gentle, or peaceable: gentes, Coripp. Johann. 6, 484.—

II.

Neutr. ( = mansuetum fieri), to become or grow tame (in the verb. finit. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

A.

Lit.:

buculi triduo fere mansuescunt,

Col. 6, 2, 4:

ferae,

Luc. 4, 237.—

B.

Trop., to grow tame, gentle, mild, soft:

nesciaque humanis precibus mansuescere corda,

Verg. G. 4, 470:

umor,

Lucr. 2, 475:

tellus,

Verg. G. 2, 239:

radii,

Petr. 122:

fera mansuescere jussa,

Juv. 11, 104.—Hence, mansŭētus (MASVETA, Inscr. Grut. 688, 2), a, um, P. a., tamed, tame.

A.

Lit.:

juvenci diebus paucis erunt mansueti,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2:

sus,

Liv. 35, 49:

cum (apes) sint neque mansueti generis, neque feri,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 12:

stabula, i. e. mansuetarum pecudum,

Grat. Cyn. 164.—

B.

Trop., mild, soft, gentle, quiet, etc. (syn. mitis;

opp. ferus): illud quaero, cur tam subito mansuetus in senatu fuerit, cum in edictis tam fuisset ferus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 23:

amor,

Prop. 1, 9, 12:

manus,

id. 3, 14, 10:

malum,

Liv. 3, 16:

litora,

tranquil, not stormy, Prop. 1, 17, 28.— Comp.: ut mitior mansuetiorque fiat, Asellio ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.:

nam me jam ab orationibus dijungo fere, referoque ad mansuetiores Musas,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

ira,

Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 23.— Sup.:

ut mansuetissimus viderer,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

ingenium,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 11.—Hence, adv.: mansŭētē (acc. to B.), gently, mildly, calmly, quietly, etc.:

clementer, mansuete factum,

Cic. Marcell. 3, 9:

adeo tum imperio meliori animus mansuete obediens erat,

Liv. 3, 29, 3:

ferre fortunam,

Auct. Her. 4, 52, 65.— Comp.:

mansuetius versari,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.