demulceo
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-mulcĕo: lsi, mulctum, 2,
I v. a., to stroke down, to stroke caressingly (rare).
I Prop.: caput tibi, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 14: dorsum, Liv. 9, 16 fin.: aures, Lact. de Ira, 7, 9: crura, Gell. 5, 14, 12.—
II Trop., to soften, allure: aures omnium mentesque demulsit, Gell. 16, 19, 6; cf.: ita motus et demulctus et captus est, ut, etc., id. 3, 13 fin.: eum, id. 18, 2, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēmulcĕō,¹⁶ lsī, lctum, ēre, tr., caresser [en passant doucement la main sur] : Ter. Haut. 762 ; Liv. 9, 16, 16 ; [avec la langue] Gell. 5, 14, 12 || [fig.] charmer : Gell. 3, 13, 5 ; 16, 19, 6 ; 18, 2, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-mulceo, mulsi, mulsum u. mulctum, ēre, von oben bis unten streicheln, bes. liebkosend, alci caput, Ter. heaut. 762: dorsum (equis, den Pf.), Liv. 9, 16, 16: aures (sich selbst), Lact. de ira 7, 9: linguā leniter crura alcis et manus, belecken (v. einem Löwen), Gell. 5, 14, 12. – übtr., liebkosen, liebkosend schmeicheln, animum paulum, Gell. 18, 2, 1: atque ita motus et demulctus et captus est, ut etc., Gell. 3, 13, 5 (Herz2 liest demultus).
