permulcete
Dictionary entries
- Entry →permulceo, permulcere, permulsi, permulsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rub gently, stroke, touch gently; charm, please, beguile; soothe, alleviate;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...retendit Parthus, et Eleis auriga laboribus actos Alpheo permulcet equos, et nostra fatescit laxaturque chelys: vires instigat alitque..."- M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...eodem peccat Hieronymus. at ille pellit, qui permulcet sensum voluptate. itaque Epicurus semper hoc utitur, ut probet voluptatem..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quisquis adest (aderant comites), terretur; at illa lubrica permulcet cristati colla draconis, et subito duo sunt iunctoque volumine..."