mulceo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmul.ke.oː/

Verb

present active mulceō, present infinitive mulcēre, perfect active mulsī, supine mulsum.

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.

Second Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mulceō	mulcēs	mulcet	mulcēmus	mulcētis	mulcent
	future	mulcēbō	mulcēbis	mulcēbit	mulcēbimus	mulcēbitis	mulcēbunt
	imperfect	mulcēbam	mulcēbās	mulcēbat	mulcēbāmus	mulcēbātis	mulcēbant
	perfect	mulsī	mulsistī	mulsit	mulsimus	mulsistis	mulsērunt
	future perfect	mulserō	mulseris	mulserit	mulserimus	mulseritis	mulserint
	pluperfect	mulseram	mulserās	mulserat	mulserāmus	mulserātis	mulserant
passive	present	mulceor	mulcēris	mulcētur	mulcēmur	mulcēminī	mulcentur
	future	mulcēbor	mulcēberis	mulcēbitur	mulcēbimur	mulcēbiminī	mulcēbuntur
	imperfect	mulcēbar	mulcēbāris	mulcēbātur	mulcēbāmur	mulcēbāminī	mulcēbantur
	perfect	Use mulsus m, mulsa f, mulsum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use mulsus m, mulsa f, mulsum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use mulsus m, mulsa f, mulsum n followed by the imperfect 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	mulceātur	mulceāmur	mulceāminī	mulceantur
	imperfect	mulcērer	mulcērēris	mulcērētur	mulcērēmur	mulcērēminī	mulcērentur
	perfect	Use mulsus m, mulsa f, mulsum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use mulsus m, mulsa f, mulsum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	mulcē	mulcētō	mulcētō	mulcēre	mulcētor	mulcētor
	plural	mulcēte	mulcētōte	mulcentō	mulcēminī	—	mulcentor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mulcēre	mulsisse	mulsūrus esse	mulcērī	mulsus esse	mulsum īrī
participles		mulcēns (mulcentis)	—	mulsūrus-ra, -rum	—	mulsus-a, -um	mulcendus-nda, -ndum

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

commulceō dēmulceō mulcēdō

permulceō remulceō

Descendants

• Italian: molcere

See also

• mulcō