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Latin
Etymology
From mānsuētus, perfect passive participle of mānsuēscō (“to tame”) + faciō (“to make”).
Pronunciation
Verb
mānsuēfaciō (present infinitive mānsuēfacere, perfect active mānsuēfēcī, supine mānsuēfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- (transitive) to tame
- mānsuēfierī ― to grow tame
- (transitive) to make gentle, soften, civilize, pacify
Conjugation
References
- “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.