demulceo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dē- +‎ mulceō (“stroke”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈmul.ke.oː/, [d̪eːˈmʊɫ̪keoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈmul.t͡ʃe.o/, [d̪eˈmul̠ʲt͡ʃeo]

Verb edit

dēmulceō (present infinitive dēmulcēre, perfect active dēmulsī, supine dēmulctum); second conjugation

to stroke down (caressingly)
(figuratively) to soften, soothe, allure

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of dēmulceō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēmulceō	dēmulcēs	dēmulcet	dēmulcēmus	dēmulcētis	dēmulcent
	imperfect	dēmulcēbam	dēmulcēbās	dēmulcēbat	dēmulcēbāmus	dēmulcēbātis	dēmulcēbant
	future	dēmulcēbō	dēmulcēbis	dēmulcēbit	dēmulcēbimus	dēmulcēbitis	dēmulcēbunt
	perfect	dēmulsī	dēmulsistī	dēmulsit	dēmulsimus	dēmulsistis	dēmulsērunt, dēmulsēre
	pluperfect	dēmulseram	dēmulserās	dēmulserat	dēmulserāmus	dēmulserātis	dēmulserant
	future perfect	dēmulserō	dēmulseris	dēmulserit	dēmulserimus	dēmulseritis	dēmulserint
passive	present	dēmulceor	dēmulcēris, dēmulcēre	dēmulcētur	dēmulcēmur	dēmulcēminī	dēmulcentur
	imperfect	dēmulcēbar	dēmulcēbāris, dēmulcēbāre	dēmulcēbātur	dēmulcēbāmur	dēmulcēbāminī	dēmulcēbantur
	future	dēmulcēbor	dēmulcēberis, dēmulcēbere	dēmulcēbitur	dēmulcēbimur	dēmulcēbiminī	dēmulcēbuntur
	perfect	dēmulctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēmulctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēmulctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēmulceam	dēmulceās	dēmulceat	dēmulceāmus	dēmulceātis	dēmulceant
	imperfect	dēmulcērem	dēmulcērēs	dēmulcēret	dēmulcērēmus	dēmulcērētis	dēmulcērent
	perfect	dēmulserim	dēmulserīs	dēmulserit	dēmulserīmus	dēmulserītis	dēmulserint
	pluperfect	dēmulsissem	dēmulsissēs	dēmulsisset	dēmulsissēmus	dēmulsissētis	dēmulsissent
passive	present	dēmulcear	dēmulceāris, dēmulceāre	dēmulceātur	dēmulceāmur	dēmulceāminī	dēmulceantur
	imperfect	dēmulcērer	dēmulcērēris, dēmulcērēre	dēmulcērētur	dēmulcērēmur	dēmulcērēminī	dēmulcērentur
	perfect	dēmulctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēmulctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēmulcē	—	—	dēmulcēte	—
active	future	—	dēmulcētō	dēmulcētō	—	dēmulcētōte	dēmulcentō
passive	present	—	dēmulcēre	—	—	dēmulcēminī	—
passive	future	—	dēmulcētor	dēmulcētor	—	—	dēmulcentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēmulcēre	dēmulsisse	dēmulctūrum esse	dēmulcērī	dēmulctum esse	dēmulctum īrī
participles		dēmulcēns	—	dēmulctūrus	—	dēmulctus	dēmulcendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēmulcendī	dēmulcendō	dēmulcendum	dēmulcendō	dēmulctum	dēmulctū

Related terms edit

References edit

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