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sulcus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sulcus (“a furrow made by a plow”). Doublet of sullow ("plough").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?l.k?s/
- Rhymes: -?lk?s
Noun
sulcus (plural sulci)
- (anatomy) A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue, especially that marking the convolutions of the surface of the brain.
- Synonym: fissure
- Coordinate term: gyrus
- Hyponyms: calcaneal sulcus, central sulcus, cingulate sulcus, coronal sulcus, cruciate sulcus, interlabial sulcus, intermammary sulcus, lacrimal sulcus, lateral sulcus, malleolar sulcus, postcentral sulcus, preauricular sulcus, precentral sulcus, radial sulcus, sagittal sulcus, sigmoid sulcus, sulcus ansatus, sulcus arteriae vertebralis, sulcus tubae auditivae, tympanic sulcus
- (planetology) A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process.
Derived terms
- pseudosulcus
- sulcal
- sulcate
Translations
References
- “sulcus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “sulcus”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *solkos, from Proto-Indo-European *solk-o-s (“furrow”), *selk- (“to pull, drag”), whence also Old English sulh. Doublet of holcus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sul.kus/, [?s????k?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sul.kus/, [?sulkus]
Noun
sulcus m (genitive sulc?); second declension
- (agriculture) A furrow made by a plow.
- Synonyms: l?ra, porca
- (transferred sense):
- (agriculture) Ploughing.
- (of things resembling a furrow):
- A long, narrow trench; a ditch.
- (in general) A rut or track.
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- sulcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sulcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sulcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)?[4], Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN
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sulci
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?l.sa?/
Noun
sulci
- plural of sulcus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sul.ki?/, [?s????ki?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sul.t??i/, [?sul??t??i]
Noun
sulc?
- nominative plural of sulcus
- genitive singular of sulcus
- vocative plural of sulcus
References
- sulci in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sulci in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[1]
- sulci in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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