dē-mulcĕo, lsi, mulctum, 2, v. a., to stroke down, to stroke caressingly (rare).
I Prop.: caput tibi, Ter. Heaut. 762: dorsum, Liv. 9, 16 fin. : aures, Lact. de Ira, 7, 9: crura, Gell. 5, 14, 12.—
II Trop., to soften, allure : aures omnium mentesque demulsit, Gell. 16, 19, 6; cf.: ita motus et demulctus et captus est, ut, etc., id. 3, 13 fin. : eum, id. 18, 2, 1.