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..."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..."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..."