permulceat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →permulceo, permulcere, permulsi, permulsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rub gently, stroke, touch gently; charm, please, beguile; soothe, alleviate;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...cuiusquam pectore furit quod non circumfusus ille permulceat. 5. Cuius non lacrimas illius hilaritas supprimat? Cuius non contractum..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...crebra argumentatio, quibus uiribus inspiret, qua iucunditate permulceat, quanta in maledictis asperitas, in iocis urbanitas, ut denique dominetur..."