mansuefacio
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mānsuē(scō) (“to tame”) + faciō (“to make, -ify”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /man.su.eːˈfa.ki.oː/, [mä̃ːs̠ueːˈfäkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /man.su.eˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [mänsueˈfäːt͡ʃio]
Verb
[edit]mānsuēfaciō (present infinitive mānsuēfacere, perfect active mānsuēfēcī, supine mānsuēfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive
- (transitive) to tame
- mānsuēfierī ― to grow tame
- (transitive) to make gentle, soften, civilize, pacify
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of mānsuēfaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive)
References
[edit]- “mansuefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mansuefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mansuefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.