rĕ-mulcĕo

si, sum, 2, v. a.
I. to stroke back (poet. and rare).
I. Lit.: caudam, Verg. A. 11, 812: aures, App. M. 1, p. 103, 8: crines, id. Flor. 2, p. 350, 39.—
II. Trop., to soothe: minas stimulataque corda remulce, Stat. Th. 8, 93: animos dulcissimis modulis, App. M. 5, p. 165, 8.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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