commulceo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ mulceō (“stroke”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈmul.ke.oː/, [kɔmˈmʊɫ̪keoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmul.t͡ʃe.o/, [komˈmul̠ʲt͡ʃeo]

Verb

commulceō (present infinitive commulcēre, perfect active commulsī, supine commulsum); second conjugation

1. to stroke, caress or coax greatly
2. (figuratively) to soothe, please, cajole

Conjugation

   Conjugation of commulceō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commulceō		commulcēs		commulcet		commulcēmus		commulcētis		commulcent
	imperfect	commulcēbam		commulcēbās		commulcēbat		commulcēbāmus		commulcēbātis		commulcēbant
	future	commulcēbō		commulcēbis		commulcēbit		commulcēbimus		commulcēbitis		commulcēbunt
	perfect	commulsī		commulsistī		commulsit		commulsimus		commulsistis		commulsērunt, commulsēre
	pluperfect	commulseram		commulserās		commulserat		commulserāmus		commulserātis		commulserant
	future perfect	commulserō		commulseris		commulserit		commulserimus		commulseritis		commulserint
passive	present	commulceor		commulcēris, commulcēre		commulcētur		commulcēmur		commulcēminī		commulcentur
	imperfect	commulcēbar		commulcēbāris, commulcēbāre		commulcēbātur		commulcēbāmur		commulcēbāminī		commulcēbantur
	future	commulcēbor		commulcēberis, commulcēbere		commulcēbitur		commulcēbimur		commulcēbiminī		commulcēbuntur
	perfect	commulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commulceam		commulceās		commulceat		commulceāmus		commulceātis		commulceant
	imperfect	commulcērem		commulcērēs		commulcēret		commulcērēmus		commulcērētis		commulcērent
	perfect	commulserim		commulserīs		commulserit		commulserīmus		commulserītis		commulserint
	pluperfect	commulsissem		commulsissēs		commulsisset		commulsissēmus		commulsissētis		commulsissent
passive	present	commulcear		commulceāris, commulceāre		commulceātur		commulceāmur		commulceāminī		commulceantur
	imperfect	commulcērer		commulcērēris, commulcērēre		commulcērētur		commulcērēmur		commulcērēminī		commulcērentur
	perfect	commulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		commulcē		—		—		commulcēte		—
	future	—		commulcētō		commulcētō		—		commulcētōte		commulcentō
passive	present	—		commulcēre		—		—		commulcēminī		—
	future	—		commulcētor		commulcētor		—		—		commulcentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		commulcēre			commulcērī			commulcēns			—
future		commulsūrum esse			commulsum īrī			commulsūrus			commulcendus
perfect		commulsisse			commulsum esse			—			commulsus
future perfect		—			commulsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		commulsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		commulcendī		commulcendō		commulcendum		commulcendō		commulsum		commulsū

Related terms

• dēmulceō
• mulceō
• permulceō
• remulceō

References

• “commulceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• commulceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.