demulceo
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
demulceo demulcere, demulsi, demulctus V TRANS :: stroke, stroke down, rub/stroke caressingly/soothingly; soothe/entrance/charm
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).
