mulcebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mulceo, mulcere, mulsi, mulsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
stroke, touch lightly, fondle, soothe, appease, charm, flatter, delight;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...gratia conciliabat vocem loquentis, tam dulcis sonus pertemptatum mulcebat aera, ut putares inter auras canere Sirenum concordiam. Itaque..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...trahunt raptusque virum certamine ductor ibat et obtenta mulcebat lumina palla. hic vero ingenti repetuntur pectora luctu..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quisque suo nequit igne reuelli, concilium infaustum dictis mulcebat Aletes: 'saepe quidem infelix uarioque exercita ludo fatorum gens..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...revertitur antra. 'Lenis adhuc Somnus placidis Erysicthona pennis mulcebat: petit ille dapes sub imagine somni, oraque vana movet..."