mansuefacio
μοχθεῖν τε βροτοῖσ(ιν) άνάγκη → and you mortals must endure trouble (Euripides' Hippolytus 208)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mansŭēfăcĭo: fēci, factum, 3,
I v. a.; pass. mansŭēfīo, factus, fiĕri mansuetus-facio, to make tame, to tame (class.).
I Lit.: mansuefacimus animalia? indomita nascuntur, Quint. 9, 4, 5: uri assuescere ad homines et mansuefieri, ne parvuli quidem excepti, possunt, grow or become tame, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: arietes feri mansuefacti, Col. 7, 2, 4: tigris mansuefactus, Plin. 8, 17, 25, § 65: grues mansuefactae, id. 10, 23, 30, § 59.—Transf.: aes attritu domitum et consuetudine nitoris veluti mansuefactum, Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97.—
II Trop., to make gentle, to soften, civilize, pacify: a quibus (nos) mansuefacti et exculti, *Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62: deposita et mansuefacta barbaria, Just. 43, 4, 1: plebem, Liv. 3, 14 fin.: ferum ingenium, Suet. Calig. 11. >
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mānsuēfăcĭō,¹⁵ fēcī, factum, ĕre, (mansues, facio), tr., apprivoiser : Quint. 9, 4, 5
