I.to stroke back (poet. and rare).
I. Lit.: “caudam,” i. e. to droop, Verg. A. 11, 812: “aures,” to stroke gently, 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,” to delight, App. M. 5, p. 165, 8.