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
- L
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..." - M
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..."