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.