mulceo

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.ke.oː/, [ˈmʊɫ̪keoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈmul̠ʲt͡ʃeo]

Verb

mulceō (present infinitive mulcēre, perfect active mulsī, supine mulsum); second conjugation

1. I stroke, graze, touch or move lightly or gently.
2. I make sweet or pleasant.
3. (figuratively) I soothe, soften, appease; caress, charm, flatter, delight; alleviate, relieve, mitigate.

Conjugation

Note that there is the rare form mulctum for the supine mulsum.

Conjugation of mulceō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mulceō	mulcēs	mulcet	mulcēmus	mulcētis	mulcent
	imperfect	mulcēbam	mulcēbās	mulcēbat	mulcēbāmus	mulcēbātis	mulcēbant
	future	mulcēbō	mulcēbis	mulcēbit	mulcēbimus	mulcēbitis	mulcēbunt
	perfect	mulsī	mulsistī	mulsit	mulsimus	mulsistis	mulsērunt, mulsēre
	pluperfect	mulseram	mulserās	mulserat	mulserāmus	mulserātis	mulserant
	future perfect	mulserō	mulseris	mulserit	mulserimus	mulseritis	mulserint
passive	present	mulceor	mulcēris, mulcēre	mulcētur	mulcēmur	mulcēminī	mulcentur
	imperfect	mulcēbar	mulcēbāris, mulcēbāre	mulcēbātur	mulcēbāmur	mulcēbāminī	mulcēbantur
	future	mulcēbor	mulcēberis, mulcēbere	mulcēbitur	mulcēbimur	mulcēbiminī	mulcēbuntur
	perfect	mulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mulceam	mulceās	mulceat	mulceāmus	mulceātis	mulceant
	imperfect	mulcērem	mulcērēs	mulcēret	mulcērēmus	mulcērētis	mulcērent
	perfect	mulserim	mulserīs	mulserit	mulserīmus	mulserītis	mulserint
	pluperfect	mulsissem	mulsissēs	mulsisset	mulsissēmus	mulsissētis	mulsissent
passive	present	mulcear	mulceāris, mulceāre	mulceātur	mulceāmur	mulceāminī	mulceantur
	imperfect	mulcērer	mulcērēris, mulcērēre	mulcērētur	mulcērēmur	mulcērēminī	mulcērentur
	perfect	mulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mulcē	—	—	mulcēte	—
	future	—	mulcētō	mulcētō	—	mulcētōte	mulcentō
passive	present	—	mulcēre	—	—	mulcēminī	—
	future	—	mulcētor	mulcētor	—	—	mulcentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mulcēre	mulsisse	mulsūrum esse	mulcērī	mulsum esse	mulsum īrī
participles		mulcēns	—	mulsūrus	—	mulsus	mulcendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mulcendī	mulcendō	mulcendum	mulcendō	mulsum	mulsū

Synonyms

• (soothe): blandior, lēniō, plācō, sēdō
• (stroke): palpō, percurrō

Derived terms

• commulceō
• dēmulceō
• mulcēdō

• permulceō
• remulceō

Descendants

• Italian: molcere
• Spanish: mulcer

See also

• mulcō

References

• “mulceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mulceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mulceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.