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“tame” in Latin
cicurtame, mildmānsuēscōto tame, render mild, gentle, or peaceable; to become or grow tame, gentle, mild, softdomōto tame, break in; to subdue, conquer, vanquishdēmittōto send or bring down, cause to hang or fall down; drop, flow, shed, sag, let fall; to sink, lower, put down; to cast dofrangōto break, shatter; to break, shatter (a promise, a treaty, someone's ideas (dreams, projects), someone's spirit); to breieiūnusfasting, abstinent, hungry; dry, barren, unproductive; scanty, meagerlanguidusfaint, weak; dull, languid; sluggish, slowexīlissmall, thin, slender; lank, meagre, feeble, inadequate; of the sound l, palatalizedimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savageferōxwild, bold, fierce; defiant, arrogant
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tame adj.
Not wild, gentle, cicur (by nature; opposed to ferus, immanis): mansuetus (lamed, by art; opposed to ferus): domitus (broken in; opposed to ferus, ferox). Tame animals, animalia domestica, or mansuefacta (if once wild).
Figuratively: cowardly, weak, animo defectus (Plin.); qui deficit animo (Caes.); qui animo est abjecto, demisso (Cic.); demissus, fractus (Cic.).
Flat, insipid, jejunus: languidus: exilis.
tame v.
PROP., domare (e.g., beluas, Cic.); mansuefacere (e.g., leones, Plin.).
Figuratively, domare, refrenare, coercere, mansuefacere, mollire.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tame?
- The usual Latin words for “tame” are cicur, mānsuēscō, domō; also dēmittō, frangō, ieiūnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.