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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *folkjō. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelḱ- (“beam, plank”).
Pronunciation
Verb
fulciō (present infinitive fulcīre, perfect active fulsī, supine fultum); fourth conjugation
- to prop up, support
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.246–249:
- Iamque volāns apicem et latera ardua cernit
Atlantis dūrī, caelum quī vertice fulcit,
Atlantis, cīnctum adsiduē cui nūbibus ātrīs
pīniferum caput et ventō pulsātur et imbrī.- And now, flying, he sees the peak and steep sides
of the tough Atlas, who supports the sky on his head,
of Atlas, whose pine-bearing head surrounded by dark clouds
is constantly beaten by wind as well as by rain.
- to strengthen, secure, support
c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE,
Lucretius,
De rerum natura 2.1146–1149:
- Omnia dēbet enim cibus integrāre novandō
et fulcīre cibus, cibus omnia sustentāre—
nēquīquam, quoniam nec vēnae perpetiuntur
quod satis est neque quantum opus est nātūra ministrat.- For food should repair all by renewing
and strengthen, support everything—
but to no avail, because neither do veins contain
enough, nor does nature provide as much as necessary.
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References
- “fulcio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulcio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulcio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.