mulceo

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmul.ke.oː/, [ˈmʊɫ.ke.oː]

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.

Inflection

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

   Conjugation of mulceo (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 mulserimus mulseritis 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 mulsūrus esse mulcērī mulsus esse mulsum īrī
participles mulcēns — mulsūrus — mulsus mulcendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
mulcēre mulcendī mulcendō mulcendum mulsum mulsū

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See also

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
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