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Latin
Etymology
sulcus (“furrow, ditch, track”) + -ō
Pronunciation
Noun
sulcō
1. inflection of sulcō:
- dative/ablative singular of sulcus
Verb
sulcō (present infinitive sulcāre, perfect active sulcāvī, supine sulcātum); first conjugation
- to plough, furrow, turn up
- to carve, cleave
- (figuratively) to sail over, traverse, pass through, cross
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
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
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin sulcus (“furrow; ditch”).
Noun
sulco m (plural sulcos)
- (agriculture) furrow (trench cut in the soil with a plough)
- Synonym: rego
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative of sulcar
Spanish
Verb
sulco
- first-person singular present indicative of sulcar