Lewis Short
Mulcĭber (noun M) : (
* Gen. sync. Mulcebri, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 10, 23), m. mulceo; he who softens any thing; v.infra, a surname of Vulcan: Mulciber, Vulcanus, a molliendo scilicet ferro dictus: mulcere enim mollire, sive lenire est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.; Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 558 Rib.): Mulciber, credo, arma fecit,Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 32; Ov. A. A. 2, 562: Mulciber in Trojam, pro Troia stabat Apollo,Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 5: VOLCANO MITI SIVE MVLCIBERO L. VETT.,Inscr. Orell. 1382: VOLCANO MVLOIBERO SACR., Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 265.
* Transf., fire, Ov. M. 9, 263; 14, 533; Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Mart. Cap. 6, § 576.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary