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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		commulcēre	commulsisse	commulsūrum esse	commulcērī	commulsum esse	commulsum īrī
participles		commulcēns	—	commulsūrus	—	commulsus	commulcendus
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.