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mansŭēs , ŭis, and ētis, adj. manussuesco,
I.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 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 152, 125 Müll.: 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.—
II. 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, § 27: “nequeone ego ted interdictis facere mansuetem meis?Plaut. As. 3, 1, 1 Ussing.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 1.2
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 3.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.27
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.14.21
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