mansŭesco — Lewis & Short
mansŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum, 3,
I 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.