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per-mulcĕo, mulsi, sum, and ctum, 2, v. a., to rub gently, to stroke.

  1. I. Lit.: ut pulverem Manibus isdem, quibus Ulixi saepe permulsi, abluam, Pac. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 13 (Trag. Rel. p. 90 Rib.); so, aliquem manu, Ov F. 4, 551: capite permulso, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.: barbam, Liv. 5, 41: alicui malas, Suet. Ner. 1: comas, Ov. M. 2, 733.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. To touch gently: aram flatu permulcet spiritus austri, blows softly upon, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114: arteriae leni voce permulsae, Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21: medicatā lumina virgā, Ov. M. 1, 716; Cat. 62, 162.
      2. 2. To soften: cera picem lenitate permulcet, Pall. 10, 11, 2.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To charm, please, delight, flatter, fondle: sensum voluptate, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 32: aures, id. Or. 49, 163: aliquem permulcere atque allicere, id. de Or. 2, 78, 315: aures cantibus, Sil. 11, 292: his verbis vacuas permulceat auris, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26.
    2. B. To soothe, appease, allay, tame: eorum animis permulsis et confirmatis, Caes. B. G. 4, 6: pectora dictis, Verg. A. 5, 816: liberalibus verbis permulcti sunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.: iram alicujus, Liv. 39, 23: aliquem mitibus verbis, Tac. A. 2, 34: comitate militem, id. ib. 1, 29: animos, Lucr. 5, 21: senectutem, to mitigate, Cic. Sen. 2, 4.

2. Persa, ae, f., = Πέρση, daughter of Oceanus, mother of Circe, Perses (the father of Hecate), Æetes, and Pasiphăe, by the Sungod, Hyg. Fab. praef. fin.; also called Perseis, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48.
Hence,

  1. A. Per-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Persa, Persean: Perseia Hecate, Val. Fl. 6, 495: proles, i. e. Æetes, id. 5, 582.
  2. B. Persēĭs, ĭdis, f., the female descendant of Persa, Hecate, Stat. Th. 4, 481.
    Adj.: Perseides herbae, i. e. magic herbs, Ov. R. Am. 263.
    Perseis (sc. Musa), the title of a Latin poem, Ov. P. 4, 16, 25.

3. Persa, ae, f., the name of a little dog, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103.

Persae, ārum, m., = Πέρσαι, the Persians, originally the inhabitants of the country of Persis, afterwards of the great kingdom of Persia, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 72; Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15; id. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. Brut. 10, 41; id. Off. 3, 11, 48 et saep.
In sing. in the Gr. form: Perses, ae, m. (ante- and post-class. Persa), Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; Quint. 3, 7, 21; Nep. Reg. 1, 4; Curt. 6, 2, 11; Vulg. Dan. 13, 65.
Form Persa, Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 4; Amm. 23, 6, 79; Veg. Mil. 3 epil.; Ven. Fort. Carm. 5, 6, 208.
Also, the name of a comedy by Plautus, the Persian.

  1. B. Transf.
    1. 1. Persia: in Persas est profectus, to the Persians, i. e. to Persia, Nep. Pelop. 4 fin.
    2. 2. Poet., the Parthians, Hor. C. 1, 2, 22; 3, 5, 4.
      Hence,
  2. C. Persis, ĭdis, f., the country of Persis, between Caramania, Media, and Susiana, now Fars or Farsistan, Mel. 1, 2, 4; 3, 8, 5; Curt. 5, 4, 4 sqq.; Verg. G. 4, 290; Nep. Them. 10, 1; Ov. A. A. 1, 225; Luc. 2, 258.
    In the Lat. form: Persĭa, ae, f., Persia, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28.
    1. 2. Adj., Persian (poet.): rates, Ov. A. A. 1, 172.
      Subst., a Persian woman, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 51.
  3. D. Persĭcus, a, um, adj., Persian, Persic: mare, Mel. 1, 2, 1; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41; 6, 26, 29, § 114: sinus, id. 6, 26, 29, § 115: regna, Juv. 14, 328: portus, in the Eubœan Sea, where the Persian fleet was stationed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 248 and 256; cf. Fest. p. 217 Müll.: Persica malus, a peach-tree, Macr. S. 2, 15; also called Persica arbor, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60: Persici apparatus, poet. for splendid, luxurious, Hor. C. 1, 38, 1.
    Absol.: Per-sĭcus, i, f., a peach-tree, Col. 5, 10, 20; 9, 4, 3; Pall. 1, 3.
    Hence, subst.
    1. 1. Persĭ-cum, i, n., a peach, Plin. 15, 11, 12, § 42; Mart. 13, 46.
    2. 2. Persĭcē, ēs, f. (Gr Περσική): porticus, lit. a portico in Lacedœmon, built out of spoils taken from the Persians; hence, a gallery in Brutus’s country-seat, named after it, Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1.
    3. 3. Per-sĭca, ōrum, n., Persian history: ex Dionis Persicis, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46.
      Adv.: Persĭcē, in Persian: loqui, Quint. 11, 2, 50.

Perses, ae, m., = Πέρσης.

  1. I. A Persian; v. Persae.
  2. II. Son of Perseus and Andromeda, the progenitor of the Persians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201.
  3. III. Son of Sol and Persa, brother of Æetes and Circe, Hyg. Fab. praef.
  4. IV. The last king of Macedonia, who was conquered by Æmilius Paulus, Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; id. Agr. 2, 19, 50; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53; 5, 40, 118; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 39. Called also, after the Gr. form, Perseus, Liv. 40, 57 sq.; 41, 23 sq.; 44, 32 sq.; Just. 32, 2 sq.; Luc. 9, 676.
    Gen. Persi, Sall. ap. Charis. p. 52 P.; Tac. A. 4, 55.
    Dat. Persi, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; Liv. 42, 25, 2 al.
    1. B. Hence, Persĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to King Perses, Persean: bellum, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 107.