mansuesco Latin · revision 34027

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la manus, la suēscō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [mãːˈsʷeːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [manˈsʷɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mānsuēscō''' (present infinitive mānsuēscere, perfect active mānsuēvī, supine mānsuētum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of the stem of [[m|la|manus|t=hand]] and [[m|la|suēscō|t=to become accustomed]], literally “to accustom to the hand”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL compares [[m|la|cōnsuēscō]].^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|suēscō]] to [[itc-pro|*swē(þ)-sk-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*sue(h1-)dhh1-|t=to make one's own, get accustomed]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Varro and Lucretius on, not in Cicero or Caesar.^(TLL) Varro writes of wild animals caught and shut up so that they would grow tame.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is mainly intransitive, of wild beasts becoming tame, as Seneca says dumb animals grow tame towards those who feed them.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius applies it to wild fruits that grow tame through careful cultivation, and to seawater that grows less harsh as it filters through earth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of persons and passions it is to grow mild or gentle: Virgil speaks of hearts that cannot soften at human prayers.^(OLD 2012) The transitive use, to tame, is in Varro and Late Latin, as Corippus' tigers.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of taming wild animals.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of wild fruits grown tame.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of hearts that will not soften.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of animals growing tame.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To become [[m|en|tame]]; of plants or soil, to become cultivated.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To grow mild, gentle; of things, to grow less harsh.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To tame.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immānsuētus]]

+ * [[mānsuētō]]

+ * [[mānsuētus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[manus]]

+ * [[suesco|alt=suēscō]]

+ * [[consuesco|alt=cōnsuēscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}