rĕ-mulcĕo, si, sum, 2, v. a., to stroke back (poet. and rare).
I Lit.: caudam, i. e. to droop , Verg. A. 11, 812: aures, to stroke gently , Ap. Met. 1, 2, 11; crines, id. Flor. 2, p. 350, 39.—
II Trop., to soothe : minas stimulataque corda remulce, Stat. Th. 8, 93: animos dulcissimis modulis, to delight , Ap. Met. 5, 15, 8.