vulgo

From Latin vulgo.

vulgo (not comparable)

1. In the vernacular; commonly known as.
   • 1733, Philip Miller, “PERICLYMENUM”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: , 2nd edition, volume I, London: C Rivington, , →OCLC, column 1:

     PERICLYMENUM; […] Trumpet Honeyſuckle; vulgô.

   • 1822, George Woodley, A view of the present state of the Scilly Islands, 264-265:

     [Pope's Hole] derives its name from its being a place of shelter to some puffins, vulgo "popes".

   • 1828, John Walters, An English and Welsh Dictionary, page 304:

     A cow desiring the bull [vulgò a tufty cow]

vulgo (uncountable)

1. The masses.

• great unwashed
• hoi polloi

• Vogul

From Latin vulgus. Compare Portuguese vulgo.

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

1. the common people, the masses

• vulgar
• vulgaridade
• vulgarismo

Borrowed from Latin vulgo.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: vul‧go

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vulgo

1. vulgo; commonly known as

• “vulgo” in Duden online
• “vulgo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• volgō

From vulgus (“the public, the common people”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ul.ɡoː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.ɡo/,

vulgō (present infinitive vulgāre, perfect active vulgāvī, supine vulgātum); first conjugation

1. to broadcast, publish, divulge, issue, make known among the people

   Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōdō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, indicō, profiteor, gerō, praestō

2. to make common, prostitute
3. to make known to all by words, spread abroad, publish, divulge
4. to cheapen, degrade

   Synonym: dēgenerō

vulgō (not comparable)

1. generally, usually
2. universally
3. publicly, commonly, popularly

   Synonyms: pūblicē, apertē, palam

   Antonym: clam

vulgō

1. dative/ablative singular of vulgus

• “vulgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vulgo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vulgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • every one says: vulgo dicitur, pervulgatum est
    
  • to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
    

From Latin vulgus (“the common people”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel (“to throng, crowd”).

• Hyphenation: vul‧go

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

1. the common people, the masses

vulgo (not comparable)

1. (formal) introduces a colloquial synonym, or a nickname; vulgarly/colloquially/informally/commonly known as

   Ele sofre de tireomegalia, vulgo papeira.

   He suffers from thyromegaly, commonly known as goitre.

   René Higuita, vulgo O Escorpião, foi um goleiro colombiano.

   René Higuita, nicknamed The Scorpion, was a Colombian goalkeeper.

From Latin vulgus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulɡo/
• Rhymes: -ulɡo
• Syllabification: vul‧go

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

1. the common people, the masses

vulgo

1. commonly known as

• “vulgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

By surface analysis, clipping of vulgär (“vulgar”) +‎ -o. Compare fetto, lyllo, svullo, etc. Possibly influenced by English vulgo. Attested (as part of compounds) since 1988.

vulgo

1. (slang) vulgar; of bad taste

• vulgokomedi

• vulgo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vulgo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vulgo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)