(verb) : per-mulcĕo, mulsi, sum, and ctum, 2
* To rub gently, to stroke.
* Lit.: ut pulverem Manibus isdem, quibus Ulixi saepe permulsi, abluam, Pac. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 13 (Trag. Rel. p. 90 Rib.); so, aliquem manu, Ov F. 4, 551: capite permulso, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.: barbam,Liv. 5, 41: alicui malas,Suet. Ner. 1: comas,Ov. M. 2, 733.
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* To soften: cera picem lenitate permulcet,Pall. 10, 11, 2.
* To charm, please, delight, flatter, fondle: sensum voluptate,Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 32: aures,id. Or. 49, 163: aliquem permulcere atque allicere,id. de Or. 2, 78, 315: aures cantibus,Sil. 11, 292: his verbis vacuas permulceat auris,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26.
* To soothe, appease, allay, tame: eorum animis permulsis et confirmatis,Caes. B. G. 4, 6: pectora dictis,Verg. A. 5, 816: liberalibus verbis permulcti sunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.: iram alicujus,Liv. 39, 23: aliquem mitibus verbis,Tac. A. 2, 34: comitate militem,id. ib. 1, 29: animos,Lucr. 5, 21: senectutem,to mitigate,Cic. Sen. 2, 4.

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