mansues
Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄδωνιν κλᾴομεν → We conduct the rites of Adonis, we weep for Adonis (Pherecrates, fr. 170)
Latin > English
mansues (gen.), mansuetis ADJ :: tame
mansues mansues (gen.), mansuis ADJ :: tame
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mansŭēs: ŭis, and ētis, adj. manussuesco,
I tamed, tame (ante- and post-class. for mansuetus, v. mansuesco fin.): mansues pro mansueto, dixit Cato in epistola ad filium, Cato ap. Fest. p. 154 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 152, 125 Müll.: leonem facere mansuem, Varr. ap. Non. 483, 9 sq.: mitis et mansues, Gell. 5, 14, 21: scio ferocissimos equos atque truces mansuetos et mansues factos, App. M. 7, 23, p. 198, 8: ursa mansues, id. ib. 11, 7, p. 261, 1.—
II Trop., mild, soft, gentle: nunc si me matrem mansues misericordia capsit, Att. ap. Non. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 453 Rib.): reddam ego te ex fera fame mansuetem, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 19; cf. Plin. 8, 9, 9, § 27: nequeone ego ted interdictis facere mansuetem meis? Plaut. As. 3, 1, 1 Ussing.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mānsuēs,¹⁴ suētis et suis, adj. [arch.] = mansuetus : Acc., Cat. d. P. Fest. 154 ; Gell. 5, 14, 21 || acc. sing. et pl. mānsuem, mānsuēs Varro Men. 364 ; Apul. M. 11, 8 ; 7, 23 || acc. mānsuētem Pl. As. 145.
Latin > German (Georges)
mānsuēs, is u. ētis (manus u. suesco), an die Hand gewöhnt, zahm, Nom., Acc. tr. 453. Cato fr. inc. bei Fest p. 154 (a), 16 (vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 152, 9): mitis et mansues, Gell. 5, 14, 21: Akk. Sing. mansuem, Varro sat. Men. 364. Apul. met. 11, 8: Akk. Plur. mansues, Apul. met. 7, 23: Akk. Sing. mansuetem, Plaut. asin. 145.
