LAT
demulceo
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Lewis Short
dē-mulcĕo, lsi, mulctum, 2
* V. a., to stroke down, to stroke caressingly (rare).
* Prop.: caput tibi,Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 14: dorsum,Liv. 9, 16 fin.: aures, Lact. de Ira, 7, 9: crura,Gell. 5, 14, 12.
* Trop., to soften, allure: aures omnium mentesque demulsit,Gell. 16, 19, 6; cf.: ita motus et demulctus et captus est, ut, etc.,id. 3, 13 fin.: eum,id. 18, 2, 1.
* V. a., to stroke down, to stroke caressingly (rare).
* Prop.: caput tibi,Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 14: dorsum,Liv. 9, 16 fin.: aures, Lact. de Ira, 7, 9: crura,Gell. 5, 14, 12.
* Trop., to soften, allure: aures omnium mentesque demulsit,Gell. 16, 19, 6; cf.: ita motus et demulctus et captus est, ut, etc.,id. 3, 13 fin.: eum,id. 18, 2, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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