caress (v.) Copy link Outline 1. blandior, 4 (with dat.)2. mulceo, permulceo; palpo or palpor, 13. oscŭlor, 1 (strictly to kiss • caress (v.): 1. blandior, 4 (with dat.): Ov.: Plin.: v. to coax. 2. mulceo, permulceo; palpo or palpor, 1: v. to fondle. 3. oscŭlor, 1 (strictly to kiss: q. v.): they embraced, they c.'d my enemy, inimicum meum amplexabantur, osculabantur, Cic.: v. to embrace.
caress (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. blandīmentum (usu. in pl.)2. blandītĭa (usu. in pl.)3. amplexus, ūs4. (more usu.) • caress (subs.): 1. blandīmentum (usu. in pl.): women's c.s, muliebria b., Tac. 2. blandītĭa (usu. in pl.): women's c.s, muliebres blanditiae, Liv. 3. amplexus, ūs: v. embrace. 4. (more usu.): expr. by part of verb: as, to present the neck (of a stag) for c.s, colla mulcenda praebere, Ov.: she refuses his c.s, *permulcentem s. palpantem (pectora, colla, etc.) aversatur: v. to caress. To obtain a thing by c.s, eblandiri (rare): Cic.: to wheedle.
CARESS Copy link • CARESSblandiri alicui (with words or gestures), permulcere aliquem; permulcere aliquem manu (to stroke with the hand): amplexari et osculari aliquem (to clasp and kiss): palpare, or palpari (to stroke gently).