stroke Copy link Outline 1. mulceo, si, sum (rarely mulctum), 22. dēmulceo, mulsi, mulsum and mulctum, 2 (to s. down3. permulceo, si, sum and ctum, 24. palpo (and palpor), 1 • stroke, stroke down (v.): 1. mulceo, si, sum (rarely mulctum), 2: to s. the beard with the hand, manu m. barbam, Ov. F. 1, 259: to s. a calf, m. vitulum, Ov. A. A. 2, 341: to offer the neck to be s.d, mulcenda colla praebere, id. M. 10, 118. 2. dēmulceo, mulsi, mulsum and mulctum, 2 (to s. down: rare): to s. one's head, alicui caput d., Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 14: to s. a horse's back, d. dorsum (equi), Liv. 9, 16, ad fin. 3. permulceo, si, sum and ctum, 2: to s. one with the hand, aliquem manu p., Ov. F. 4, 551 (v. to fondle): one's cheeks, alicui malas p., Suet. Ner. 1, post init.: the beard, barbam p., Liv. 5, 41, ad fin.: the hair, comas p., Ov. M. 2, 733. 4. palpo (and palpor), 1: to offer the breast to be s.d with the hand, pectora praebere palpanda (al. plaudenda) manu, Ov. M. 2, 866: cf. cum equum permulsit quis vel palpatus est,. Ulp. (v. to fondle).