coax Copy link Outline 1. mulceo, permulceo2. blandior, 43. palpo, palpor, 1 • coax: 1. mulceo, permulceo: v. to caress. 2. blandior, 4: childishly c.ing his father to be allowed to go with him to Spain, pueriliter blandiens (Hannibal) ut in Hispaniam duceretur, Liv.: Ov. 3. palpo, palpor, 1: v. to wheedle (prop. to stroke and pat, as a pet animal). Phr.: to c. a little cash out of any one, blanditiis ab aliquo nummulorum aliquid exprimere, Cic.