LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive

mānsuēfaciō

mānsuēfaciō (present infinitive mānsuēfacere, perfect active mānsuēfēcī, supine mānsuēfactum)
Classical[mãː.su.eːˈfa.ki.oː]Ecclesiastical[man.su.eˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]

Meaning

  1. suppletivetransitiveto tame
    mānsuēfierīto grow tame
  2. suppletivetransitiveto make gentle, soften, civilize, pacify

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

mollis et placidus fierī; iam nōn ferus
tame
mānsuēfaciō -ere — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 10

Conjugation

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.mānsuēfaciōmānsuēfaciēbammānsuēfaciammānsuēfēcīmānsuēfēcerammānsuēfēcerō
2nd sg.mānsuēfacismānsuēfaciēbāsmānsuēfaciēsmānsuēfēcistīmānsuēfēcerāsmānsuēfēceris
3rd sg.mānsuēfacitmānsuēfaciēbatmānsuēfacietmānsuēfēcitmānsuēfēceratmānsuēfēcerit
1st pl.mānsuēfacimusmānsuēfaciēbāmusmānsuēfaciēmusmānsuēfēcimusmānsuēfēcerāmusmānsuēfēcerimus
2nd pl.mānsuēfacitismānsuēfaciēbātismānsuēfaciētismānsuēfēcistismānsuēfēcerātismānsuēfēceritis
3rd pl.mānsuēfaciuntmānsuēfaciēbantmānsuēfacientmānsuēfēcērunt
mānsuēfēcēre
mānsuēfēcerantmānsuēfēcerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.mānsuēfaciammānsuēfaceremmānsuēfēcerimmānsuēfēcissem
2nd sg.mānsuēfaciāsmānsuēfacerēsmānsuēfēcerīsmānsuēfēcissēs
3rd sg.mānsuēfaciatmānsuēfaceretmānsuēfēceritmānsuēfēcisset
1st pl.mānsuēfaciāmusmānsuēfacerēmusmānsuēfēcerīmusmānsuēfēcissēmus
2nd pl.mānsuēfaciātismānsuēfacerētismānsuēfēcerītismānsuēfēcissētis
3rd pl.mānsuēfaciantmānsuēfacerentmānsuēfēcerintmānsuēfēcissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.mānsuēfīōmānsuēfīēbammānsuēfīam
2nd sg.mānsuēfīsmānsuēfīēbāsmānsuēfīēs
3rd sg.mānsuēfitmānsuēfīēbatmānsuēfīet
1st pl.mānsuēfīmusmānsuēfīēbāmusmānsuēfīēmus
2nd pl.mānsuēfītismānsuēfīēbātismānsuēfīētis
3rd pl.mānsuēfīuntmānsuēfīēbantmānsuēfīent
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.mānsuēfīammānsuēfierem
2nd sg.mānsuēfīāsmānsuēfierēs
3rd sg.mānsuēfīatmānsuēfieret
1st pl.mānsuēfīāmusmānsuēfierēmus
2nd pl.mānsuēfīātismānsuēfierētis
3rd pl.mānsuēfīantmānsuēfierent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.mānsuēfacemānsuēfī
pres. 2nd pl.mānsuēfacitemānsuēfīte
fut. 2nd sg.mānsuēfacitōmānsuēfītō
fut. 3rd sg.mānsuēfacitōmānsuēfītō
fut. 2nd pl.mānsuēfacitōtemānsuēfītōte
fut. 3rd pl.mānsuēfaciuntōmānsuēfīuntō
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivemānsuēfaceremānsuēfierī
perfect infinitivemānsuēfēcissemānsuēfactum esse
future infinitivemānsuēfactūrum essemānsuēfactum īrī
present participlemānsuēfaciēns—
perfect participle—mānsuēfactus
future participlemānsuēfactūrusmānsuēfaciendus
mānsuēfaciundus
gerundmānsuēfaciendī, mānsuēfaciendō, mānsuēfaciendumsupinemānsuēfactum, mānsuēfactū

mansŭēfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3,
I. v. a.; pass. mansŭēfīo, factus, fiĕri mansuetus-facio, to make tame, to tame (class.).
I. Lit.: mansuefacimus animalia? indomita nascuntur, Quint. 9, 4, 5: uri assuescere ad homines et mansuefieri, ne parvuli quidem excepti, possunt, grow or become tame, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: arietes feri mansuefacti, Col. 7, 2, 4: tigris mansuefactus, Plin. 8, 17, 25, § 65: grues mansuefactae, id. 10, 23, 30, § 59.—Transf.: aes attritu domitum et consuetudine nitoris veluti mansuefactum, Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97.—
II. Trop., to make gentle, to soften, civilize, pacify: a quibus (nos) mansuefacti et exculti, *Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62: deposita et mansuefacta barbaria, Just. 43, 4, 1: plebem, Liv. 3, 14 fin.: ferum ingenium, Suet. Calig. 11.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin mānsuēfaciō From mānsuē(scō) (“to tame”) + faciō (“to make, -ify”).

Quick answers

What does mānsuēfaciō mean in Latin?
mānsuēfaciō, a verb, means “to tame; to make gentle, soften, civilize, pacify”.
What are the principal parts of mānsuēfaciō?
mānsuēfaciō, mānsuēfacere, mānsuēfēcī (third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive).
How do you pronounce mānsuēfaciō?
In classical Latin, [mãː.su.eːˈfa.ki.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [man.su.eˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o].