Mulcĭber, ēris and ĕri (gen. sync. Mulcebri, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 10, 23), m. [mulceo; he who softens any thing; v. infra],
I a surname of Vulcan : Mulciber, Vulcanus, a molliendo scilicet ferro dictus: mulcere enim mollire, sive lenire est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.; Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 558 Rib.): Mulciber, credo, arma fecit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 32; Ov. A. A. 2, 562: Mulciber in Trojam, pro Troia stabat Apollo, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 5: VOLCANO MITI SIVE MVLCIBERO L. VETT., Inscr. Orell. 1382: VOLCANO MVLCIBERO SACR., Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 265. —
II Transf., fire , Ov. M. 9, 263; 14, 533; Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Mart. Cap. 6, § 576.