mulco

Latin

Etymology

Maybe a denominal to a noun Proto-Italic *molkā-, from the same ultimate source as mulceo (“I caress, stroke”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.koː/, [ˈmʊɫ̪koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.ko/, [ˈmulko]

Verb

mulcō (present infinitive mulcāre, perfect active mulcāvī, supine mulcātum); first conjugation

1. to beat up, handle roughly
   • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum I 17:

     Vettium pignoribus captis et direpta supellectile male mulcatum ac pro rostris in contione paene discerptum coiecit in carcerem; eodem Nouium quaestorem, quod compellari apud se maiorem potestatem passus esset.

     As for Vettius, after his bond was declared forfeit and his goods seized, he was roughly handled by the populace assembled before the rostra, and all but torn to pieces.

2. (of inanimate things) to damage, injure

Conjugation

Conjugation of mulcō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mulcō	mulcās	mulcat	mulcāmus	mulcātis	mulcant
	imperfect	mulcābam	mulcābās	mulcābat	mulcābāmus	mulcābātis	mulcābant
	future	mulcābō	mulcābis	mulcābit	mulcābimus	mulcābitis	mulcābunt
	perfect	mulcāvī	mulcāvistī	mulcāvit	mulcāvimus	mulcāvistis	mulcāvērunt, mulcāvēre
	pluperfect	mulcāveram	mulcāverās	mulcāverat	mulcāverāmus	mulcāverātis	mulcāverant
	future perfect	mulcāverō	mulcāveris	mulcāverit	mulcāverimus	mulcāveritis	mulcāverint
	sigmatic future1	mulcāssō	mulcāssis	mulcāssit	mulcāssimus	mulcāssitis	mulcāssint
passive	present	mulcor	mulcāris, mulcāre	mulcātur	mulcāmur	mulcāminī	mulcantur
	imperfect	mulcābar	mulcābāris, mulcābāre	mulcābātur	mulcābāmur	mulcābāminī	mulcābantur
	future	mulcābor	mulcāberis, mulcābere	mulcābitur	mulcābimur	mulcābiminī	mulcābuntur
	perfect	mulcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mulcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mulcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mulcem	mulcēs	mulcet	mulcēmus	mulcētis	mulcent
	imperfect	mulcārem	mulcārēs	mulcāret	mulcārēmus	mulcārētis	mulcārent
	perfect	mulcāverim	mulcāverīs	mulcāverit	mulcāverīmus	mulcāverītis	mulcāverint
	pluperfect	mulcāvissem	mulcāvissēs	mulcāvisset	mulcāvissēmus	mulcāvissētis	mulcāvissent
	sigmatic aorist1	mulcāssim	mulcāssīs	mulcāssīt	mulcāssīmus	mulcāssītis	mulcāssint
passive	present	mulcer	mulcēris, mulcēre	mulcētur	mulcēmur	mulcēminī	mulcentur
	imperfect	mulcārer	mulcārēris, mulcārēre	mulcārētur	mulcārēmur	mulcārēminī	mulcārentur
	perfect	mulcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mulcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mulcā	—	—	mulcāte	—
	future	—	mulcātō	mulcātō	—	mulcātōte	mulcantō
passive	present	—	mulcāre	—	—	mulcāminī	—
	future	—	mulcātor	mulcātor	—	—	mulcantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mulcāre	mulcāvisse	mulcātūrum esse	mulcārī	mulcātum esse	mulcātum īrī
participles		mulcāns	—	mulcātūrus	—	mulcātus	mulcandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mulcandī	mulcandō	mulcandum	mulcandō	mulcātum	mulcātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

See also

• mulceō

References

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