palpo

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palpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and pal-por, ātus [palpus; cf. Gr. psallô], 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. steph. 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.—

With dat.:

quam blande mulieri palpabitur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

cui male si palpere, recalcitrat undique tutus,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 20: scribenti palpare, Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2.—

With acc.:

quem munere palpat Carus,

Juv. 1, 35; App. M. 5, p. 172, 39.—

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.

palpo, ōnis, m. [1. palpo], a flatterer, Pers. 5, 176.

carress, stroke / coax, cajole, flatter

palpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and pal-por, ātus [palpus; cf. Gr. psallô], 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. steph. 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.—

With dat.:

quam blande mulieri palpabitur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

cui male si palpere, recalcitrat undique tutus,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 20: scribenti palpare, Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2.—

With acc.:

quem munere palpat Carus,

Juv. 1, 35; App. M. 5, p. 172, 39.—

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.

palpo, ōnis, m. [1. palpo], a flatterer, Pers. 5, 176.

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at-trecto ( adt-, Weissenb., Halm; att-, Ritschl, Rib., Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tracto], to touch, handle, freq. in an unlawful manner (syn.: contrecto, tracto, tango, palpo).

Lit.:

Ne me attrecta,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 45:

aliquem nimium familiariter attr ectare,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 6:

uxorem alicujus attrectare,

Cic. Cael. 8 fin.; Suet. Ner. 26 (cf. contrecto):

signum Junonis adtrecta re,

Liv. 5, 22:

patrios penates attrectare,

Verg. A. 2, 719:

feralia adtrectare,

Tac. A. 1, 62 fin.:

libros contaminatis manibus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 13: alienam rem, Sabin. Jus Civ. ap. Gell. 11, 16, 20:

si attrectaverit me pater,

Vulg. Gen. 27, 12.— To feel after, grope for (eccl. Lat.):

quasi absque oculis parietem attrectavimus,

Vulg. Isa. 59, 10.—

Trop.: Facilis est illa occursatio et blanditia popularis; aspicitur, non attrectatur;

procul apparet, non excutitur (the figure is derived from paintings or other works of art),

it is looked at, not touched, Cic. Planc. 12 Wund.—Also, to appropriate to one's self:

regias etiam adtrectamus gazas,

Liv. 34, 4, 2:

fasces securesque,

id. 28, 24:

indecorum, adtrectare quod non obtineret,

Tac. A. 3, 52.— To feel after, seek to find (eccl. Lat.):

quaerere Deum, si forte attrectent eum,

Vulg. Act. 17, 27.

at-trecto ( adt-, Weissenb., Halm; att-, Ritschl, Rib., Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tracto], to touch, handle, freq. in an unlawful manner (syn.: contrecto, tracto, tango, palpo).

Lit.:

Ne me attrecta,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 45:

aliquem nimium familiariter attr ectare,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 6:

uxorem alicujus attrectare,

Cic. Cael. 8 fin.; Suet. Ner. 26 (cf. contrecto):

signum Junonis adtrecta re,

Liv. 5, 22:

patrios penates attrectare,

Verg. A. 2, 719:

feralia adtrectare,

Tac. A. 1, 62 fin.:

libros contaminatis manibus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 13: alienam rem, Sabin. Jus Civ. ap. Gell. 11, 16, 20:

si attrectaverit me pater,

Vulg. Gen. 27, 12.— To feel after, grope for (eccl. Lat.):

quasi absque oculis parietem attrectavimus,

Vulg. Isa. 59, 10.—

Trop.: Facilis est illa occursatio et blanditia popularis; aspicitur, non attrectatur;

procul apparet, non excutitur (the figure is derived from paintings or other works of art),

it is looked at, not touched, Cic. Planc. 12 Wund.—Also, to appropriate to one's self:

regias etiam adtrectamus gazas,

Liv. 34, 4, 2:

fasces securesque,

id. 28, 24:

indecorum, adtrectare quod non obtineret,

Tac. A. 3, 52.— To feel after, seek to find (eccl. Lat.):

quaerere Deum, si forte attrectent eum,

Vulg. Act. 17, 27.

mulcĕo, si, sum (rarely mulctum), 2, v. a. [Sanscr. root marc, take hold of; Gr. marptô, marptis; cf. mulco], to stroke; to touch or move lightly (syn. palpo; poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

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.).—

Transf., to make sweet or pleasant:

pocula succis Lyaei,

Sil. 7, 169. —

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.

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:

loqui,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 112.—

Subst.

mulsa, ae, f., a term of endearment, my sweetheart, my honey (Plautin.):

age, mulsa mea,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 14; id. Cas. 2, 6, 20.—

mulsum, i, n. (sc. vinum), honey-wine, mead, i. e. wine mixed or made with honey (class.):

commisce mulsum,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 7; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 48:

frigidum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

aceti, for mulsum acetum,

honeyvinegar, Ser. Samm. 49, 714.

palpĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [palpo], to move frequently and quickly, to tremble, throb, pant, palpitate.

Lit.: cor palpitat, * Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24:

radix micat ultima linguae, Utque salire solet mutilatae cauda colubrae, Palpitat,

Ov. M. 6, 559:

cerebrum uni homini in infantiā palpitat,

Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 134:

in ovo gutta sanguinis salit palpitatque,

id. 10, 53, 74, § 148; 11, 37, 65, § 173.—Esp. of persons or animals in the agony of death, to struggle, be convulsed:

palpitat et positas aspergit sanguine mensas,

Ov. M. 5, 40:

semianimes palpitantesque,

Suet. Tib. 61:

jam palpitat arvis Phaedimus,

Stat. Th. 8, 439; 9, 756; Calp. Ecl. 2, 62.—In mal. part., Juv. 3, 134.—Of things:

hic arduus ignis Palpitat,

flickers, Stat. Th. 12, 70.—

Trop.:

animum palpitantem percussit,

Petr. 100.

per-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3 ( perf. contr. percusti for percussisti, Hor. S. 2, 3, 273), v. a. [quatio].

(With the notion of the per predominating.) To strike through and through, to thrust or pierce through (syn.: percello, transfigo).

Lit.:

percussus cultello,

Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 2:

gladio percussus,

Cic. Mil. 24, 65:

Mamilio pectus percussum,

Liv. 2, 19, 8:

coxam Aeneae,

Juv. 15, 66:

vena percutitur,

a vein is opened, blood is let, Sen. Ep. 70, 13:

fossam,

to cut through, dig a trench, Front. Strat. 3, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 50, 4.—

Transf., to slay, kill (class.; cf.:

neco, perimo, ico, ferio): aliquem securi,

to behead, Cic. Pis. 34, 84; id. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

collum percussa securi Victima,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 5; Liv. 39, 43:

aliquem veneno,

App. M. 10, p. 252, 21:

hostem,

Suet. Calig. 3; Ov. H. 4, 94.—Hence, percutere foedus, to make a league, conclude a treaty (because an animal was slaughtered on the occasion;

only post-Aug. for ferio, ico), Auct. B. Alex. 44: cum Albanis foedus percussit,

Just. 42, 3, 4; 43, 5, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 5, 12.—

(With the idea of the verb predominating.) To strike, beat, hit, smite, shoot, etc. (cf.: ico, pulso, ferio).

Lit.

In gen. (class.):

ceu lapidem si Percutiat lapis aut ferrum,

Lucr. 6, 162:

cum Cato percussus esset ab eo, qui arcam ferebat,

had been struck, Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 279:

januam manu,

Tib. 1, 5, 68; 1, 6, 3:

turres de caelo percussae,

struck with lightning, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; cf.:

hunc nec Juppiter fulmine percussit,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 84:

percussus ab aspide calcatā,

stung, bitten, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; cf.: PERCVSSVS A VIPERA, Inscr. Vermigl. Iscriz. Perug. p. 319; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 30; 28, 4, 10, § 44:

color percussus luce refulgit,

struck, Lucr. 2, 799; cf. Ov. M. 6, 63; Val. Fl. 1, 495:

auriculae (voce) percussae,

Prop. 1, 16, 28:

percussus vocibus circus,

Sil. 16, 398.— Neutr.:

sol percussit super caput,

Vulg. Jonae, 4, 8.—

In partic.

To strike, stamp, coin money (post-Aug.):

ut nummum argenteum notā sideris Capricorni percusserit,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Ner. 25. —

To strike, play a musical instrument ( poet.):

lyram,

Ov. Am. 3, 12, 40; Val. Fl. 5, 100.—

As t. t. in weaving, to throw the shuttle with the woof: (lacernae) male percussae textoris pectine Galli, badly or coarsely woven, Juv. 9, 30.—

Haec meraclo se percussit flore Libyco (=vino Mareotico), to get drunk, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16 (cf.: sauciare se flore Liberi, Enn. ap. Fulg. 562, 25).—

Trop.

To smite, strike, visit with calamity of any kind (class.):

percussus calamitate,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

percussus fortunae vulnere,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

ruina,

Vulg. Zach. 14, 18: anathemate. id. Mal. 4, 6:

plaga,

id. 1 Macc. 1, 32:

in stuporem,

id. Zach. 12, 4.—

To strike, shock, make an impression upon, affect deeply, move, astound (class.):

percussisti me de oratione prolatā,

Cic. Att. 3, 12, 3; id. Mil. 29, 79: audivi ex Gavio, Romae esse hominem, et fuisse assiduum: percussit animum, it struck me, made me suspicious, id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3:

animos probabilitate,

id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

percussus atrocissimis litteris,

id. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

fragor aurem percutit,

Juv. 11, 98.—

To cheat, deceive, impose upon one (class.):

aliquem probe,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 9:

hominem eruditum,

Cic. Fl. 20, 46:

hominem strategemate,

id. Att. 5, 2, 2:

aliquem palpo,

to flatter, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 28.—

(Acc. to II. A. 2. a.) To strike, stamp (post-Aug.):

facta dictaque tua unā formā percussa sunt,

Sen. Ep. 34, 3.