"sulcus" meaning in Latin

See sulcus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈsʊɫ.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsul.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *solkos, from Proto-Indo-European *solk-o-s (“furrow”), *selk- (“to pull, drag”), whence also Old English sulh. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós), whence doublet holcus. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*solkos}} Proto-Italic *solkos, {{der|la|ine-pro||*solk-o-s|furrow}} Proto-Indo-European *solk-o-s (“furrow”), {{cog|ang|sulh}} Old English sulh, {{cog|grc|ὁλκός}} Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós), {{lg|doublet}} doublet, {{dbt|la|holcus|notext=1}} holcus Head templates: {{la-noun|sulcus<2>}} sulcus m (genitive sulcī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|sulcus<2>}} Forms: sulcī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sulcus [nominative, singular], sulcī [nominative, plural], sulcī [genitive, singular], sulcōrum [genitive, plural], sulcō [dative, singular], sulcīs [dative, plural], sulcum [accusative, singular], sulcōs [accusative, plural], sulcō [ablative, singular], sulcīs [ablative, plural], sulce [singular, vocative], sulcī [plural, vocative]
  1. (agriculture) A furrow made by a plow. Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: fossa
    Sense id: en-sulcus-la-noun-whjsR9ii Categories (other): Agriculture Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
  2. (transferred sense):
    (agriculture) Ploughing.
    Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-sulcus-la-noun-n87cwGgq Categories (other): Agriculture, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 52 14 4 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 40 24 17 Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
  3. (transferred sense):
    (of things resembling a furrow)
    A long, narrow trench; a ditch.
    Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-sulcus-la-noun-hEifhzRR
  4. (transferred sense):
    (of things resembling a furrow)
    (in general) A rut or track.
    Tags: declension-2, masculine, usually
    Sense id: en-sulcus-la-noun-yFdkIswf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bisulcus, sulcus primigenius

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bisulcus"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "solc"
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "word": "sulcus"
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    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "solç"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "suco"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "solco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "surco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "sorch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "suco"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sulco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sulc"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "surcu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "surcu"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
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      ],
      "word": "sulco"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "es",
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        "borrowed"
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      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "solco"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "solç"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "sulcus",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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    {
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sulcum",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcō",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulce",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcī",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A furrow made by a plow."
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        ]
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        "(agriculture) A furrow made by a plow."
      ],
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        }
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Ploughing."
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          "agriculture"
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          "ploughing"
        ]
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        "(transferred sense):",
        "(agriculture) Ploughing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A long, narrow trench; a ditch."
      ],
      "id": "en-sulcus-la-noun-hEifhzRR",
      "links": [
        [
          "furrow",
          "furrow"
        ],
        [
          "trench",
          "trench"
        ],
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(of things resembling a furrow)",
        "A long, narrow trench; a ditch."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of things resembling a furrow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "A rut or track."
      ],
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          "furrow"
        ],
        [
          "rut",
          "rut"
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          "track"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transferred sense):",
        "(of things resembling a furrow)",
        "(in general) A rut or track."
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        "of things resembling a furrow"
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʊɫ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsul.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sulcus"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "bisulcus"
    },
    {
      "word": "sulcus primigenius"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "solc"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "solç"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "suco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "solco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "surco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "sorch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "suco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sulco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "surcu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "surcu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sulco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "surco"
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    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "solco"
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      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "solç"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "solzh"
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sulcī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcum",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulce",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulcī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
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        "1": "sulcus<2>"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "la:Agriculture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A furrow made by a plow."
      ],
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        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "furrow",
          "furrow"
        ],
        [
          "plow",
          "plow"
        ]
      ],
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        "(agriculture) A furrow made by a plow."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fossa"
        }
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "la:Agriculture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ploughing."
      ],
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        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "Ploughing",
          "ploughing"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(agriculture) Ploughing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A long, narrow trench; a ditch."
      ],
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        [
          "furrow",
          "furrow"
        ],
        [
          "trench",
          "trench"
        ],
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(of things resembling a furrow)",
        "A long, narrow trench; a ditch."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of things resembling a furrow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rut or track."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "furrow",
          "furrow"
        ],
        [
          "rut",
          "rut"
        ],
        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(of things resembling a furrow)",
        "(in general) A rut or track."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of things resembling a furrow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʊɫ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsul.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sulcus"
}

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