The corpus record — Latin

mansuetudo

mansuetudo · f

tameness

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Where it lives

Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 2 · 5.64/10k
De Clementia 4 · 4.79/10k
Catilina 4 · 3.75/10k
Pro M. Marcello 1 · 3.61/10k
Pro M. Scauro 1 · 3.37/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 2 · 3/10k
De Vita Beata 2 · 2.75/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Postumo 1 · 2.46/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 10 · 2.16/10k
Pro P. Sulla 2 · 2.15/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 2 · 1.82/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 1 · 1.79/10k

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

mansŭētūdo — Lewis & Short

mansŭētūdo, ĭnis, f.id.,

I tameness.

I Lit. (post-class.): elephanti, Just. 15, 4, 19.—

II Trop.

A In gen., mildness, gentleness, clemency (class.): uti clementiā ac mansuetudine in aliquem, Caes. B. G. 2, 14: imperii, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 114: morum, id. Off. 2, 9, 32: alterum genus orationis lenitatis et mansuetudinis, id. de Or. 2, 49, 200: animorum, id. Off. 2, 4, 15: hostes, Tac. A. 2, 72.—

B In partic., in the times of the emperors, a complimentary title used in addressing them: mansuetudo tua, your clemency or your grace, Eutr. praef. ad Valent. Imp.

In the wild

mansuetudinem Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae appendix.2.7
mansuetudine Cicero, Pro L. Murena 90
mansuetudo Tacitus, Annales 2.p73
mansuetudinem Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 34.2
mansuetudo Seneca, De Consolatione ad Polybium 11.12.4
mansuetudine Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 6.2.11

6 of 93 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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