mulceat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mulceo, mulcere, mulsi, mulsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
stroke, touch lightly, fondle, soothe, appease, charm, flatter, delight;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...vitae vitia etiam hac ubique audiendi quod aures mulceat voluptate ducantur. Quid ergo? non et Cicero dicit esse..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...virgine carmen 10affluat aut silvis chelys intellecta ferisque,mulceat insanos gemitus. stat pectore demensluctus et admoto latrant praecordia..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...vocet in rivos currentem rusticus undam, frigidaque arboreas mulceat aura comas, non ego Paelignos videor celebrare salubres..."