(verb) : palpo, āvi, ātum, 1, , and pal-por, ātuspalpus; cf. Gr. ψάλλω, 1
* V. dep. a., to stroke, to touch softly, to pat (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. mulceo).
* Lit.: modo pectora praebet Virgineā palpanda manu,Ov. M. 2, 867 Jahn N. cr.: palpate lupos,Manil. 5, 702: cum equum permulsit quis vel palpatus est,Dig. 9, 1, 1: tamquam si manu palpetur, Schol. Juv. 6, 196: animalia blandi manu palpata magistri, Prud. στεφ. 11, 91.
* Transf.
* To caress, coax, wheedle, flatter.
* Absol.: hoc sis vide ut palpatur! nullus est quando occepit, blandior,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 57; Lucil. ap. Non. 472, 6: palpabo, ecquonam modo possim, etc.,Cic. Att. 9, 9, 1: nihil asperum tetrumque palpanti est,Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 7.
* To feel one's way (late Lat.): et palpes in meridie, sicut palpare solet caecus in tenebris,Vulg. Deut. 28, 29; id. Job, 5, 14.
* With acc.: quem munere palpat Carus,Juv. 1, 35; App. M. 5, p. 172, 39.

palpo (noun M) : 1. palpo
* A flatterer, Pers. 5, 176.

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