mulceo
mulceo, to stroke, graze, touch lightly, fondle
- I Lit.: manu mulcens barbam, Ov. F. 1, 259: caput, Quint. 11, 3, 158: vitulum, Ov. A. A. 2, 341: colla, id. M. 10, 118: mulcebant Zephyri flores, rustle through, id. ib. 1, 108: aura mulcet rosas, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 60: virgā mulcere capillos, to touch lightly, Ov. M. 14, 295: aristas, id. F. 5, 161: mulcere alternos (pueros) et corpora fingere linguā, Verg. A. 8, 634: aëra motu, Lucr. 4, 136: aethera pennis, to move, Cic. Arat. 88: mulserat huc navem compulsam fluctibu' pontus, had wafted hither, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.).—
- B Transf., to make sweet or pleasant: pocula succis Lyaei, Sil. 7, 169. —
- II Trop., to soothe, soften, appease, allay; to caress, flatter, delight, etc. (syn.: blandior. placo, lenio, sedo): mulcentem tigres, of Orpheus, Verg. G. 4, 510: aliquem dictis, id. A. 5, 464: fluctūs, id. ib. 1, 66: iras, id. ib. 7, 755: jure, Vell. 2, 117, 3.—To alleviate, mitigate: variā vulnera mulcet ope, alleviates the pain of his wounds, Ov. F. 5, 401: dolores nervorum, Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 107: os stomachumque, id. 22, 24, 51, § 110: ebrietatem, id. 21, 20, 81, § 138: lassitudinem, id. 37, 5, 16, § 63: corpora fessa, Ov. M. 11, 625: aliquem laudibus, to flatter, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Mulciber, p. 144 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 109 Rib.): puellas carmine, to delight, Hor. C. 3, 11, 24: animos admiratione, Quint. 1, 10, 9: aures figmentis verborum novis, to delight, Gell. 20, 9, 1.
- —Hence, mulsus, a, um, P. a.
- A Adj., mixed with honey; sweet as honey, honey-sweet (post-Aug.): mulsa (sc. aqua), honey-water, hydromel, Col. 12, 12, 3: acetum, vinegar and honey mixed together, honey-vinegar, Cato R. R. 157, 6: lac, Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52: mulsa pira, Col. 5, 10, 18.— Trop., of words, etc., sweet as honey, honeyed (Plautin.): ut mulsa dicta dicis! Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 34 (364): loqui, id. Poen. 1, 2, 112 (321).—
- B Subst.
- 1 mulsa, ae, f., a term of endearment, my sweetheart, my honey (Plautin.): age, mulsa mea, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 14 (755); id. Cas. 2, 6, 20 (372).—
- 2 mulsum, i, n. (sc. vinum), honey-wine, mead, i. e. wine mixed or made with honey (class.): commisce mulsum, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 7 (87); id. Bacch. 4, 9, 48 (972): frigidum, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282: aceti, for mulsum acetum, honeyvinegar, Ser. Samm. 49, 714.
- 1. aaien, strelen [barbam]; zachtjes aflikken [pueros linguā];
- 2. licht aanraken [capillos virgā]; (v. wind) licht beroeren [flores];
- 3. (metaf.) kalmeren, bedaren, rustig stemmen [animos dictis; iras; vulnera de pijn van wonden verzachten of stillen; pectora equorum];
- 4. bekoren, betoveren [puellas carmine; alqm fistulā].
- MARG-, to stroke, graze, touch lightly, fondle: manu barbam, O.: mulcebant Zephyri flores, rustle through, O.: aristas, O.: alternos (pueros), V.: aethera pinnis, to move.— Fig., to soothe, soften, caress, flatter, delight: tigrīs, V.: Dareta dictis, V.: canor mulcendas natus ad aurīs, O.: puellas Carmine, H.—To relieve, alleviate: vanā volnera ope, O.
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…. Ad quem tum Iuno supplex his vocibus usa est Aeole, namque tibi divom pater atque hominum rex et mulcere dedit fluctus et tollere vento, gens inimica mihi Tyrrhenum navigat aequor, Ilium in Italiam portans victosque Penates incute…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…disiecit nimbisque aquilone remotis et caelo terras ostendit et aethera terris. Nec maris ira manet, positoque tricuspide telo mulcet aquas rector pelagi supraque profundum exstantem atque umeros innato murice tectum caeruleum Tritona vocat conchaeque sonanti inspirare iubet fluctusque et…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…in duris haerentia mora rubetis et quae deciderant patula Iovis arbore glandes. Ver erat aeternum, placidique tepentibus auris mulcebant zephyri natos sine semine flores. Mox etiam fruges tellus inarata ferebat, nec renovatus ager gravidis canebat aristis ;…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…umbras. Interea repetunt caecis obscura latebris verba datae sortis secum inter seque volutant. Inde Promethides placidis Epimethida dictis mulcet et aut fallax ait est sollertia nobis, aut pia sunt nullumque nefas oracula suadent. Magna parens terra est…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…consilio dando familiaris, ut, cum patrono malo, cum vocem in dicendo obtudisset, suadebat Granius, ut mulsum frigidum biberet, simul ac domum redisset, perdam inquit vocem, si id fecero melius est inquit quam reum…
Cicero, de Oratore
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…, cum eius in nuptiis more Larinatium multitudo hominum pranderet, venenum habiti consilio paratum ; id cum daretur in mulso, Balbutium quendam, eius familiarem, intercepisse, bibisse, statimque esse mortuum. hoc ego si sic agerem…
Cicero, pro Cluentio
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…in voluptate, et ea quidem summa, esse dico. Ergo in eadem voluptate eum, qui alteri misceat mulsum ipse non sitiens, et eum, qui illud sitiens bibat Tum ille Finem, inquit, interrogandi, si…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
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…e loco, Qua ntis opibus, qui bus de rebus la psa fortuna a ccidat. quid huic calix mulsi impingendus est, ut plorare desinat, aut aliquid eius modi ecce tibi ex altera parte ab eodem poëta ;…
M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes
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…apruni aut suilli fimi inveterati aspergi potioni vini. adferunt et magi sua commenta primum omnium rabiem hircorum, si mulceatur barba, mitigari, eadem praecisa non abire eos in alienum gregem. ischiadicis fimum bubulum inponunt calfactum in foliis…
Pliny the Elder, Natural History
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…spina, foliis oleae, sed mollioribus ; coqui haec ciborum gratia, radice tormina discuti drachmae pondere in aqua mulsa pota, item rupta, convulsa. alii olus maritimum esse dixere salsum et inde nomen, foliis in rotunditatem…
Pliny the Elder, Natural History