demulceo
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + mulceō (“stroke”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈmul.ke.oː/, [deːˈmʊɫ.ke.oː]
Verb
dēmulceō (present infinitive dēmulcēre, perfect active dēmulsī, supine dēmulctum); second conjugation
- I stroke down (caressingly).
- (figuratively) I soften, soothe, allure.
Inflection
| Conjugation of demulceo (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēmulceō | dēmulcēs | dēmulcet | dēmulcēmus | dēmulcētis | dēmulcent |
| imperfect | dēmulcēbam | dēmulcēbās | dēmulcēbat | dēmulcēbāmus | dēmulcēbātis | dēmulcēbant | |
| future | dēmulcēbō | dēmulcēbis | dēmulcēbit | dēmulcēbimus | dēmulcēbitis | dēmulcēbunt | |
| perfect | dēmulsī | dēmulsistī | dēmulsit | dēmulsimus | dēmulsistis | dēmulsērunt, dēmulsēre | |
| pluperfect | dēmulseram | dēmulserās | dēmulserat | dēmulserāmus | dēmulserātis | dēmulserant | |
| future perfect | dēmulserō | dēmulseris | dēmulserit | dēmulserimus | dēmulseritis | dēmulserint | |
| passive | present | dēmulceor | dēmulcēris, dēmulcēre | dēmulcētur | dēmulcēmur | dēmulcēminī | dēmulcentur |
| imperfect | dēmulcēbar | dēmulcēbāris, dēmulcēbāre | dēmulcēbātur | dēmulcēbāmur | dēmulcēbāminī | dēmulcēbantur | |
| future | dēmulcēbor | dēmulcēberis, dēmulcēbere | dēmulcēbitur | dēmulcēbimur | dēmulcēbiminī | dēmulcēbuntur | |
| perfect | dēmulctus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dēmulctus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | dēmulctus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēmulceam | dēmulceās | dēmulceat | dēmulceāmus | dēmulceātis | dēmulceant |
| imperfect | dēmulcērem | dēmulcērēs | dēmulcēret | dēmulcērēmus | dēmulcērētis | dēmulcērent | |
| perfect | dēmulserim | dēmulserīs | dēmulserit | dēmulserimus | dēmulseritis | dēmulserint | |
| pluperfect | dēmulsissem | dēmulsissēs | dēmulsisset | dēmulsissēmus | dēmulsissētis | dēmulsissent | |
| passive | present | dēmulcear | dēmulceāris, dēmulceāre | dēmulceātur | dēmulceāmur | dēmulceāminī | dēmulceantur |
| imperfect | dēmulcērer | dēmulcērēris, dēmulcērēre | dēmulcērētur | dēmulcērēmur | dēmulcērēminī | dēmulcērentur | |
| perfect | dēmulctus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dēmulctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | dēmulcē | — | — | dēmulcēte | — |
| future | — | dēmulcētō | dēmulcētō | — | dēmulcētōte | dēmulcentō | |
| passive | present | — | dēmulcēre | — | — | dēmulcēminī | — |
| future | — | dēmulcētor | dēmulcētor | — | — | dēmulcentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dēmulcēre | dēmulsisse | dēmulctūrus esse | dēmulcērī | dēmulctus esse | dēmulctum īrī | |
| participles | dēmulcēns | — | dēmulctūrus | — | dēmulctus | dēmulcendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dēmulcēre | dēmulcendī | dēmulcendō | dēmulcendum | dēmulctum | dēmulctū | ||
Related terms
- commulceō
- mulceō
- permulceō
- remulceō
References
- demulceo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- demulceo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- demulceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette