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mulceō sī, sus, ēre

MARG-, to stroke, graze, touch lightly, fondle : manu barbam, O.: mulcebant Zephyri flores, rustle through , O.: aristas, O.: alternos (pueros), V.: aethera pinnis, to move .— Fig., to soothe, soften, caress, flatter, delight : tigrīs, V.: Dareta dictis, V.: canor mulcendas natus ad aurīs, O.: puellas Carmine, H.To relieve, alleviate : vanā volnera ope, O.

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