mulcebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mulceo, mulcere, mulsi, mulsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
stroke, touch lightly, fondle, soothe, appease, charm, flatter, delight;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ratioque in luminis eruit oras.] haec animos ollis mulcebant atque iuvabant cum satiate cibi; nam tum sunt omnia..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...supraque adsuetae ripis volucres et fluminis alveo aethera mulcebant cantu lucoque volabant. flectere iter sociis terraeque advertere proras..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...arbore glandes. ver erat aeternum, placidique tepentibus auris mulcebant zephyri natos sine semine flores; mox etiam fruges tellus..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...arbore glandes. ver erat aeternum, placidique tepentibus auris mulcebant zephyri natos sine semine flores; mox etiam fruges tellus..."