a+delight

frŭor, fructus ( perf. fruitus est, Dig. 7, 4, 29:

fruiti sumus,

Sen. Ep. 93, 7:

fructus sum,

Vell. 2, 104, 3; Lucr. 3, 940; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 562; part. fut. fruiturus, v. in the foll.; imp. FRVIMINO, Inscr. Orell. 3121; as famino from fari, see below, II.), 3, v. dep. n. [for frugvor, from the root FRVG, of fruges, fructus; Goth. bruk-jan; Germ. brauchen, to use], to derive enjoyment from a thing, to enjoy, delight in (with a more restricted signif. than uti, to make use of a thing, to use it; cf.:

Hannibal cum victoria posset uti, frui maluit, relictaque Roma Campaniam peragrare,

Flor. 2, 6, 21:

tu voluptate frueris, ego utor: tu illam summum bonum putas, ego nec bonum,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 10 fin.; cf.:

id est cujusque proprium quo quisque fruitur atque utitur,

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 2). Constr. with abl.; less freq. with acc. or absol.

In gen.

With abl., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 68:

utatur suis bonis oportet et fruatur, qui beatus futurus est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; cf.:

plurimis maritimis rebus fruimur atque utimur,

id. ib. 2, 60, 152:

commoda, quibus utimur, lucemque, qua fruimur,

id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131:

aevo sempiterno,

id. Rep. 6, 13; cf.:

immortali aevo,

Lucr. 2, 647:

vitā,

Cic. Clu. 61, 170; id. Cat. 4, 4, 7; Sall. C. 1, 3; Tac. A. 16, 17; Sen. Ep. 61, 2:

omnibus in vita commodis una cum aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 22, 2:

voluptatibus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12; v. infra:

optimis rebus,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 9:

gaudio,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 2:

meo amore,

Prop. 2, 1, 48; cf.

thalamis,

Ov. F. 3, 554:

etiam his, quae nec cibo nec poculo sunt, frui dicimur, etc.,

Donat. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 46:

recordatione nostrae amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

usu alicujus et moribus,

id. ib. 9, 32:

securitate (animus),

id. ib. 13, 44:

timore paventum,

Sil. 12, 566; cf.

poenă,

Mart. 8, 30, 3:

quod (genus vitae), virtute fruitur,

Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15 Madv. N. cr. al.:

quo (spectaculo) fructus sum,

Vell. 2, 104, 3:

omnium rerum cognitione fructi sumus,

Sen. Ep. 93 med.:

non meo nomine, sed suo fructus est emptor,

Dig. 7, 4, 29:

mundo,

Manil. 1, 759:

eum esse beatum, qui praesentibus voluptatibus frueretur confideretque se fruiturum aut in omni aut in magna parte vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 38.—Of personal objects, to enjoy one's society:

neque te fruimur et tu nobis cares,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 4:

Attico,

Nep. Att. 20:

ut sinat Sese alternas cum illo noctes hac frui,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 68:

cara conjuge,

Tib. 3, 3, 32:

viro,

Prop. 2, 9, 24.—

With acc.:

pabulum frui occipito,

Cato, R. R. 149, 1: ea, quae fructus cumque es, periere profusa, Lucr. 3, 940:

meo modo ingenium frui,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 21.—In the part. fut. pass. (only so in class. prose):

permittitur infinita potestas innumerabilis pecuniae conficiendae de vestris vectigalibus, non fruendis sed alienandis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33; cf. id. Fin. 1, 1, 3:

nobis haec fruenda relinqueret, quae ipse servasset,

id. Mil. 23, 63:

ejus (voluptatis) fruendae modus,

id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

justitiae fruendae causa,

id. ib. 2, 12, 41:

agro bene culto nihil potest esse nec usu uberius nec specie ornatius: ad quem fruendum non modo non retardat, verum etiam invitat senectus,

id. de Sen. 16, 57:

quem (florem aetatis) patri Hannibalis fruendum praebuit,

Liv. 21, 3, 4:

res fruenda oculis,

id. 22, 14, 4.—

Absol.:

satiatis et expletis jucundius est carere quam frui,

Cic. de Sen. 14, 47:

datur: fruare, dum licet,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 104:

quae gignuntur nobis ad fruendum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 16; cf.:

di tibi divitias dederant artemque fruendi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 7:

fruebamur, cum, etc.,

were delighted, Plin. Pan. 34, 4.—

In partic., jurid. t. t., to have the use and enjoyment of a thing, to have the usufruct:

quid? si constat, hunc non modo colendis praediis praefuisse, sed certis fundis patre vivo frui solitum esse?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44:

EVM AGRVM POSIDERE FRVIQVE VIDETVR OPORTERE,

Inscr. Orell. 3121 (A. U. C. 637); cf.: AGRVM POSIDEBVNT FRVENTVRQVE, ib.: AGRVM NEI HABETO NIVE FRVIMINO, ib.; and:

QVOD ANTE K. IAN. FRVCTI SVNT ERVNTQVE VECTIGAL, ib.: ut censores agrum Campanum fruendum locarent,

Liv. 27, 11, 8; cf. id. 32, 7, 3:

qui in perpetuum fundum fruendum conduxerunt a municipibus, etc.,

Dig. 6, 3, 1; cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 27.

indulgĕo, si, tum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; cf. dulcis], to be courteous or complaisant; to be kind, tender, indulgent to; to be pleased with or inclined to, to give one ' s self up to, yield to, indulge in a thing (as joy or grief); to concede, grant, allow.

V. n. (class.); constr. with the dat.

In gen.:

Aeduorum civitati Caesar praecipue indulserat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10; 7, 40:

sic sibi indulsit, ut, etc.,

indulged himself so, took such liberties, Nep. Lys. 1, 3:

indulgebat sibi liberalius, quam, ut, etc.,

id. Chabr. 3:

irae,

Liv. 3, 53, 7:

indulgent sibi latius ipsi,

Juv. 14, 234:

ipsa sibi imbecillitas indulget,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

indulgent consules legionum ardori,

Liv. 9, 43, 19:

dolori,

Nep. Reg. 1:

genio,

Pers. 5, 151:

amori,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:

precibus,

id. ib. 4, 15, 11:

gaudio,

id. ib. 5, 15, 1:

desiderio alicujus,

id. ib. 10, 34, 1:

odio,

Liv. 40, 5, 5:

lacrimis,

Ov. M. 9, 142: animo, to give way to passion or to anger, id. ib. 12, 598:

regno,

to delight in, Luc. 7, 54:

ordinibus,

give room to, set apart, Verg. G. 2, 277.—

With acc. of the person (ante-class. and poet.): eri, qui nos tantopere indulgent, Afran. ap. Non. 502, 11 (Fragm. Com. v. 390 Rib.):

te indulgebant,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 34; id. Eun. 2, 1, 16.— Pass.: animus indulgeri potuisset, be pleased, Gell. praef. 1.—

Esp., to give one ' s self up to, to be given or addicted to, to indulge in:

veteres amicitias spernere, indulgere novis,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

labori,

Verg. A. 6, 135:

theatris,

Ov. R. Am. 751:

eloquentiae,

Quint. 10, 1, 84:

somno,

Tac. A. 16, 19.— Pass. impers.:

nihil relicturus, si aviditati indulgeretur, quod in aerarium referret,

Liv. 45, 35, 6:

sero petentibus non indulgebitur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 164.—

V. a., to concede, allow, grant, permit, give, bestow as a favor, confer (post- Aug.):

alicui usum pecuniae,

Suet. Aug. 41:

ornamenta consularia procuratoribus,

id. Claud. 24:

damnatis arbitrium mortis,

id. Dom. 11:

insignia triumphi indulsit Caesar,

Tac. A. 11, 20:

patientiam flagello,

i. e. to submit to patiently, Mart. 1, 105, 3:

nil animis in corpora juris natura indulget,

grants no power, Juv. 2, 140:

basia plectro,

id. 6, 384:

si forte indulsit cura soporem,

id. 13, 217:

veniam pueris,

to make allowance for, id. 8, 168.—

With inf. ( poet.):

incolere templa,

Sil. 14, 672.— Pass.:

qui jam nunc sanguinem meum sibi indulgeri aequum censet,

Liv. 40, 15, 16:

rerum ipsa natura in eo quod indulsisse homini videtur, etc.,

Quint. 12, 1, 2:

abolitio reorum, quae publice indulgetur,

is granted, Dig. 48, 16, 17. —

Se alicui, in mal. part., Juv. 2, 165 al.—Hence, indulgens, entis, P. a.

Indulgent, kind, or tender to one, fond of one; constr. with dat., or in with acc. (class.).

With dat.:

obsequium peccatis indulgens praecipitem amicum ferri sinit,

Cic. Lael. 24, 89.—

With in and acc.:

civitas minime in captivos indulgens,

Liv. 22, 61, 1. —

Absol.:

quo ipsum nomen amantius, indulgentiusque maternum, hoc illius matris singulare scelus,

Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

ministri irarum,

Liv. 24, 25, 9. —

Addicted to:

aleae indulgens,

addicted to dicing, Suet. Aug. 70.—

In pass., fondly loved: fili, indulgentissime adulescens, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 10, 13.— Adv.: indulgenter, indulgently, kindly, tenderly:

nimis indulgenter loqui,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

bestiae multa faciunt indulgenter,

id. Fin. 2, 33, 109. — Comp.:

dii alios indulgentius tractant,

Sen. Ben. 4, 32.— Sup.:

indulgentissime,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 5.

jŭvo, jūvi, jūtum, 1 (juvaturus, Sall. J. 47, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 13:

iuerint,

Cat. 66, 18), v. a. and n. [perh. root div-, to gleam; cf. dies], to help, aid, assist, support, benefit (cf.: auxilior, subvenio, opitulor).

In gen.:

qui se natos ad homines juvandos, tutandos, conservandos arbitrantur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

beatae vitae disciplinam juvare,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

aliquem omni suo studio in petitione,

id. Fam. 11, 17, 2:

aliquem auxilio laboris,

id. Balb. 9:

hostes frumento,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

juvit facundia causam,

Ov. M. 7, 505:

imbres arva juvantes,

id. A. A. 1, 647:

(Juppiter) juvat imbribus agros,

id. P. 2, 1, 13:

aliquem portuque locoque,

by receiving into harbor and house, id. H. 2, 55:

nudum hospitio tectoque,

Juv. 3, 211:

pectora alloquio,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 18:

audentes deus ipse juvat,

id. M. 10, 586:

audentes Fortuna juvat,

Verg. A. 10, 284:

aliquem in aliqua re,

Cat. 68, 41.—With two acc.:

aliquid Rutulos,

Verg. A. 10, 84. —Of medical assistance:

qui salutari juvat arte fessos,

Hor. C. S. 63; Ov. Tr. 2, 270; Plin. 23, 1, 10, § 14: dis juvantibus or deo juvante, with God's help:

me, dis juvantibus, ante brumam exspecta,

Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 2; id. N. D. 2, 66, 165; cf.:

non denique quicquam aliud nisi juvantibus sacris deligunt,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 21.—In pass.:

lex Cornelia proscriptum juvari vetat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

viatico a me juvabitur,

Liv. 44, 22:

precor, quaeras, qua sim tibi parte juvandus,

Ov. P. 4, 12 fin.:

placuit sollertia, tempore etiam juta,

Tac. A. 14, 4 init. (al. adjuta):

nec sola (lingua) loquendi munus implere potest, nisi juta, etc.,

Lact. Opif. D. 10, 13.— Impers., juvat, it is of use; with a subject-clause:

juvat Ismara Baccho Conserere,

Verg. G. 2, 37:

quid docuisse juvabat?

Ov. M. 7, 858; cf.:

quid juvat esse deum?

id. ib. 13, 965.—

In partic., to delight, gratify, please:

juvare in utroque (in sensu et in animo) dicitur: ex eoque jucundum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14. —In this sense rarely as a personal verb: nec umquam quicquam me juvat quod edo domi;

Foris... quod gusto id beat,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 34:

non omnis arbusta juvant humilesque myricae,

Verg. E. 4, 2:

nec me vita juvaret, invisa civibus et militibus meis,

Liv. 28, 27:

si nec fabellae te juvant nec fabulae,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 22:

multos castra juvant,

Hor. C. 1, 23:

aurem juvantia verba,

Ov. A. A. 2, 159.—In pass.:

refer ad aures, probabunt: quaere, cur? ita se dicent juvari,

Cic. Or. 48, 159.—More freq. impers., juvat (aliquem), with subject-clause, it delights, pleases, I (thou, he, etc.) am delighted, take pleasure in:

juvit me, tibi tuas litteras profuisse,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 3:

juvat me haec praeclara nomina artificum... concidisse,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:

forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

juvat evasisse tot urbes Argolicas,

id. ib. 3, 282:

insano juvat indulgere labori,

id. ib. 6, 135:

si pereo, hominum manibus periisse juvabit,

id. ib. 3, 606:

quae scire magis juvat quam prodest,

Sen. Ep. 106.

laetĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [laetificus], to cheer, gladden, delight; constr. with abl. (rare but class.):

non illum gloria pulsi Laetificat Magni,

Luc. 3, 48:

sol laetificat terram,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 102; Vulg. Psa. 21, 7:

corda,

id. ib. 19, 9; 103, 15.— Mid., to rejoice, be glad respecting any thing:

nunc eo alii laetificantur Meo malo et damno,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 15.—

In partic., in agriculture, to render fruitful, to fertilize, enrich, manure the ground:

Indus agros laetificat et mitigat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

faba solum laetificat,

Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 120:

agrum,

id. 17, 9, 6, § 50:

laetificata seges,

Sedul. 1, 41.—Hence, laetĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., rejoicing, joyous (ante-class.):

unde ego omnes hilares, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 8.

laetĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [laetificus], to cheer, gladden, delight; constr. with abl. (rare but class.):

non illum gloria pulsi Laetificat Magni,

Luc. 3, 48:

sol laetificat terram,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 102; Vulg. Psa. 21, 7:

corda,

id. ib. 19, 9; 103, 15.— Mid., to rejoice, be glad respecting any thing:

nunc eo alii laetificantur Meo malo et damno,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 15.—

In partic., in agriculture, to render fruitful, to fertilize, enrich, manure the ground:

Indus agros laetificat et mitigat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

faba solum laetificat,

Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 120:

agrum,

id. 17, 9, 6, § 50:

laetificata seges,

Sedul. 1, 41.—Hence, laetĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., rejoicing, joyous (ante-class.):

unde ego omnes hilares, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 8.

laeto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make joyful, to delight, cheer, gladden.

Lit. (ante- and post-class.): oculos specie laetavisti optabili, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 132, 32:

te ut triplici laetarem bono, Att. ib.: frontem alicujus serena venustate,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 16.—

In partic., of the soil, to fertilize, render fertile, manure (postclass.):

in laetandis arboribus,

Pall. 1, 6, 18:

loca sterilia,

id. 1, 6, 13.

lĕpor and lĕpos, ōris, m. [perh. root lamp-; Gr. lampô, lampros; cf. Lat. limpidus, lanterna], pleasantness, agreeableness, attractiveness, charm.

In gen.:

quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur sine omni lepore et sine suavitate,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32:

aurea, pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla,

Lucr. 2, 502; 4, 1133:

omnis vitae lepos,

Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.—

In partic.

Of behavior, pleasantness, grace, politeness, amiability:

affluens omni lepore ac venustate,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,

id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55. —

As a term of endearment, = blanditiae, my delight, charmer:

respice, o mi lepos,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 19; id. Curc. 1, 2, 4.—

Of speech, pleasantry, wit, humor (so most freq. in Cic.; cf.:

sal, facetiae, festivitas): Inest lepos ludusque in hac comoedia,

Plaut. As. prol. 13:

ea esset in homine jucunditas et tantus in jocando lepos ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 27:

urbanitatis oratorius, non scurrilis, lepos,

id. Brut. 38, 143; cf. id. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

floruit admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

inusitatus nostris oratoribus lepos,

id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

omnes verborum, omnes sententiarum lepores,

id. Or. 27, 96.

mŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [mora].

Neutr., to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter (syn.: cesso, cunctor, haesito; class.); eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. Ubi vis:

non moror,

i. e. I have no objection, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6:

Lucceius narravit, Brutum valde morari, non tergiversantem, sed exspectantem, si qui forte casus, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

quid moror?

Hor. C. 2, 17, 6:

quid multis moror?

why do I linger long? why make a long story of it? Ter. And. 1, 1, 87:

ne multis morer,

to be brief, in short, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 104:

paulum morandum in his intervallis,

Quint. 11, 3, 39:

quod adhuc Brundisii moratus es,

have tarried, remained, Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 2:

in provinciā,

id. Att. 7, 1, 5:

haud multa moratus,

i. e. without delaying long, Verg. A. 3, 610:

nec plura moratus,

without tarrying any longer, id. ib. 5, 381:

rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

may linger, may be, Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

Corycia semper qui puppe moraris,

Juv. 14, 267.—With cum:

ubi, et cum quibus moreris,

stay, reside, Sen. Ep. 32, 1.—With quin:

nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra,

Liv. 40, 31, 8.—In the part. perf. subst.:

ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit,

Liv. 21, 47, 3; 21, 48, 6; cf.:

ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros interfecta,

id. 24, 41, 4; v. Drakenb. ad h. 1.—

Act., to delay, retard, detain, cause to wait, hinder:

ne affinem morer, Quin, etc.,

delay, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 5:

argentum non morabor quin feras,

id. As. 2, 2, 88:

morari ac sustinere impetum hostium,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

conanti dexteram manum,

id. ib. 5, 44, 8:

eum,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 28:

iter,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

naves,

Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80:

morari ab itinere proposito hostem,

Liv. 23, 28, 9:

morantur pauci Ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe pudorem,

Juv. 11, 54.—

To fix the attention of, to delight, amuse, entertain: morata recte Fabula Valdius oblectat, populum meliusque moratur, Quam, etc., delays, i. e. entertains, Hor. A. P. 321:

carmina, quae possint oculos auresque morari Caesaris,

arrest, id. Ep. 1, 13, 17:

tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

Quint. 1, 1, 28: profecto non plus biduum aut— Ph. Aut? nihil moror, I will wait no longer, will bear no delay, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 104:

egomet convivas moror,

keep them waiting, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 120.—

In partic.: nihil morari aliquem, not to detain a person, to let him go, to dismiss. Thus the consul said when he dismissed the Senate:

Nihil amplius vos moramur,

I will detain you no longer, you are dismissed, Capitol. M. Aurel. 10. This is the customary formula for abandoning an accusation and dismissing an accused person:

C. Sempronium nihil moror,

i. e. I withdraw my accusation against, Liv. 4, 42, 8:

cum se nihil morari magistrum equitum pronuntiasset,

id. 8, 35, 8:

negavit, se Gracchum morari,

id. 43, 16, 16.—Hence,

Trop.: nihil morari (with acc., an object-clause, or quo minus), to let a thing go, i. e. not to value or regard, to care nothing about it, to have nothing to say against it, etc.:

nam vina nihil moror illius orae,

care nothing for it, am not fond of it, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16:

officium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 264:

nec dona moror,

Verg. A. 5, 400:

nil ego istos moror faeceos mores,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18 Brix ad loc.—With object-clauses:

alieno uti nihil moror,

I do not want to, Plaut. Capt. prol. 16: nihil moror, eos salvos esse, et ire quo jubetis, am not opposed to it, have nothing to say against it, Ant. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35:

nil moror eum tibi esse amicum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 56.— With quominus:

nihil ego quidem moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,

I do not hesitate to, I will immediately, Liv. 3, 54, 4. —Hence, * mŏrātē, adv., lingeringly, slowly:

moratius,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 14, 3.

Act. collat. form mŏro, āre: quid moras? Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.: morares Enn. ib.: moraret, Pac. ib. (cf. Enn. p. 154, v. 11 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.; Com. Rel. p. 16 ib.).—

Pass. impers.: ita diu, ut plus biennium in his tricis moretur, be spent, lost, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2.

mōror, 1, v. dep. n. [môros], to be foolish, be a fool (post-Aug.), in the lusus verbb.:

morari eum (Claudium) inter homines desiisse, productā primā syllabā, jocabatur,

Suet. Ner. 33.

per-mulcĕo, mulsi, sum, and ctum, 2, v. a., 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.—

Transf.

To touch gently: aram flatu permulcet spiritus austri, blows softly upon, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

arteriae leni voce permulsae,

Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21:

medicatā lumina virgā,

Ov. M. 1, 716; Cat. 62, 162.—

To soften:

cera picem lenitate permulcet,

Pall. 10, 11, 2.—

Trop.

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.

rĕ-mulcĕo, si, sum, 2, v. a., to stroke back ( poet. and rare).

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.—

Trop., to soothe:

minas stimulataque corda remulce,

Stat. Th. 8, 93:

animos dulcissimis modulis,

to delight, App. M. 5, p. 165, 8.