Definition of mansues, mansues
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LNS
mansuēs, mansuis
(mansuēs, mansuētis)
manussuesco
adjective (3rd 1-termination)
  1. tamed, tame
  2. mild, soft, gentle
Abbreviations
mansuēs, uis, and ētis, adj. manussuesco, 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 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 152, 125 Mull.: 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.

— 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, ยง 27: nequeone ego ted interdictis facere mansuetem meis? Plaut. As. 3, 1, 1 Ussing.
 
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