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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sulcāre	sulcāvisse	sulcātūrum esse	sulcārī	sulcātum esse	sulcātum īrī
participles		sulcāns	—	sulcātūrus	—	sulcātus	sulcandus
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)
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