sulco

Latin

Etymology

sulcus (“furrow, ditch, track”) +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsul.koː/, [ˈs̠ʊɫ̪koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsul.ko/, [ˈsulko]

Noun

sulcō

1. inflection of sulcō:

1. dative/ablative singular of sulcus

Verb

sulcō (present infinitive sulcāre, perfect active sulcāvī, supine sulcātum); first conjugation

1. to plough, furrow, turn up
2. to carve, cleave
3. (figuratively) to sail over, traverse, pass through, cross

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sulcō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sulcō		sulcās		sulcat		sulcāmus		sulcātis		sulcant
	imperfect	sulcābam		sulcābās		sulcābat		sulcābāmus		sulcābātis		sulcābant
	future	sulcābō		sulcābis		sulcābit		sulcābimus		sulcābitis		sulcābunt
	perfect	sulcāvī		sulcāvistī		sulcāvit		sulcāvimus		sulcāvistis		sulcāvērunt, sulcāvēre
	pluperfect	sulcāveram		sulcāverās		sulcāverat		sulcāverāmus		sulcāverātis		sulcāverant
	future perfect	sulcāverō		sulcāveris		sulcāverit		sulcāverimus		sulcāveritis		sulcāverint
passive	present	sulcor		sulcāris, sulcāre		sulcātur		sulcāmur		sulcāminī		sulcantur
	imperfect	sulcābar		sulcābāris, sulcābāre		sulcābātur		sulcābāmur		sulcābāminī		sulcābantur
	future	sulcābor		sulcāberis, sulcābere		sulcābitur		sulcābimur		sulcābiminī		sulcābuntur
	perfect	sulcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sulcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sulcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sulcem		sulcēs		sulcet		sulcēmus		sulcētis		sulcent
	imperfect	sulcārem		sulcārēs		sulcāret		sulcārēmus		sulcārētis		sulcārent
	perfect	sulcāverim		sulcāverīs		sulcāverit		sulcāverīmus		sulcāverītis		sulcāverint
	pluperfect	sulcāvissem		sulcāvissēs		sulcāvisset		sulcāvissēmus		sulcāvissētis		sulcāvissent
passive	present	sulcer		sulcēris, sulcēre		sulcētur		sulcēmur		sulcēminī		sulcentur
	imperfect	sulcārer		sulcārēris, sulcārēre		sulcārētur		sulcārēmur		sulcārēminī		sulcārentur
	perfect	sulcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sulcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sulcā		—		—		sulcāte		—
	future	—		sulcātō		sulcātō		—		sulcātōte		sulcantō
passive	present	—		sulcāre		—		—		sulcāminī		—
	future	—		sulcātor		sulcātor		—		—		sulcantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sulcāre			sulcārī			sulcāns			—
future		sulcātūrum esse			sulcātum īrī			sulcātūrus			sulcandus
perfect		sulcāvisse			sulcātum esse			—			sulcātus
future perfect		—			sulcātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sulcātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sulcandī		sulcandō		sulcandum		sulcandō		sulcātum		sulcātū

Derived terms

• dēsulcō
• praesulcō
• sulcāmen
• sulcātor

Related terms

• sulcātōrius

Descendants

• Galician: sucar, asucar
• Italian: solcare
• Portuguese: sulcar, surcar, assucar
• Spanish: sulcar, surcar

References

• “sulco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sulco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sulco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsuw.ku/ [ˈsuʊ̯.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsuw.ku/ [ˈsuʊ̯.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsuw.ko/ [ˈsuʊ̯.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsul.ku/ [ˈsuɫ.ku]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sulcus (“furrow; ditch”).

Noun

sulco m (plural sulcos)

1. (agriculture) furrow (trench cut in the soil with a plough)

   Synonym: rego

2. furrow (any trench, channel or groove on a surface)

   A espadada deixara um sulco em seu rosto.

   The sword strike had left a groove on his face.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sulco

1. first-person singular present indicative of sulcar

Spanish

Verb

sulco

1. first-person singular present indicative of sulcar