mansuetus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mansuetus, mansueta, mansuetum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
tame; mild, gentle; less harsh/severe;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →mansuesco, mansuescere, mansuevi, mansuetus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tame; become/grow tame; render/become mild/gentle/less harsh/severe;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...debeas prodesse! Magna scilicet laus est si homo mansuetus homini est. Praecipiemus ut naufrago manum porrigat, erranti viam..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...epigrammatis loco scriptos. eandem exigebat stili facilitatem leo mansuetus, quem in amphitheatro prostratum frigidum erat sacratissimo Imperatori..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...interfecit. rem nominaque auctore Vipstano Messala tradam. Iulius Mansuetus ex Hispania, Rapaci legioni additus, impubem filium domi liquerat..."
