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remulceo

remulceo, to stroke back, fold back, curve

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

remulceō, mulsī, mulsus, 2, a.: to stroke back; fondle; hide, 11.812.
rĕ-mulcĕo, si, sum, 2, v. a., to stroke back (poet. and rare).
  • I Lit.: caudam, i.e. to droop, Verg. A. 11, 812: aures, to stroke gently, Ap. Met. 1, 2, 11; crines, id. Flor. 2, p. 350, 39.—
  • II Trop., to soothe: minas stimulataque corda remulce, Stat. Th. 8, 93: animos dulcissimis modulis, to delight, Ap. Met. 5, 15, 8.

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