Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvʊlɡoː]
- Hyphenation: vul‧go
Adverb
vulgo
- vulgo; commonly known as
Further reading
- “vulgo” in Duden online
- “vulgo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Etymology
From vulgus (“the public, the common people”).
Verb
vulgō (present infinitive vulgāre, perfect active vulgāvī, supine vulgātum); first conjugation
- to broadcast, publish, divulge, issue, make known among the people
- Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōdō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, indicō, profiteor, gerō, praestō
- to make common, prostitute
- to make known to all by words, spread abroad, publish, divulge
- to cheapen, degrade
- Synonym: dēgenerō
Conjugation
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References
- “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)
Adverb
vulgo (not comparable)
- (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.
Etymology
From vulgär. Possibly by analogy with other Swedish slang terms (like fetto, lyllo, svullo), possibly influenced by English vulgo. Attested (as part of compounds) since 1988.