verb transitive

rĕ-mulcĕo

2nd PP rĕ-mulcēre · 3rd PP rĕ-mulcsi · 4th PP rĕ-mulcsum · conj. 2nd

to stroke back poetic

to stroke back (poet. and rare).

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Lit.: caudam, i. e. to droop, Verg. A. 11, 812: aures, to stroke gently, App. M. 1, p. 103, 8: crines, id. Flor. 2, p. 350, 39.—

to soothe figuratively •

Trop., to soothe: minas stimulataque corda remulce, Stat. Th. 8, 93: animos dulcissimis modulis, to delight, App. M. 5, p. 165, 8.

Perseus ID: n41075 Key: remulceo