mansŭēfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3
* V. a.; pass.mansŭēfīo, factus, fiĕrimansuetus-facio, to make tame, to tame (class.).
* 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.
* 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.

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