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|lshtext=<b>fulcĭo</b>: fulsi, fultum, 4 ([[late]] form<br /><b>I</b> perf. FVLCIVIT, Inscr. ap. Mur. 466, 3.—Part. perf.: fulcītus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 46), v. a. etym. dub.; cf.: [[falx]], flccto; Corss. refers it to [[root]] dhar-; v. [[firmus]], Ausspr. 1, 476, to [[prop]] up, to [[keep]] [[upright]] by props, to [[stay]], [[support]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[sustento]], [[sustineo]], [[munio]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: qui fulcire putatur porticum Stoicorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 75: aliquid trabibus, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 89: [[Atlas]], [[caelum]] qui vertice fulcit, Verg. A. 4, 247: [[vitis]] [[nisi]] fulta est, fertur ad terram, Cic. de Sen. 15, 52: ruentes [[ceras]], Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23: illum Balbutit Scaurum pravis fultum [[male]] [[talis]], supported, Hor. S. 1, 3, 48; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 88: [[quod]] non Taenariis [[domus]] est mihi fulta columnis, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 49: longis Numidarum fulta columnis [[cenatio]], Juv. 7, 182; 3, 193: si [[mutuatus]] pecuniam aedificia ruentia fulserit, Gai. Inst. 4, 73: me [[prior]] fultusque toro meliore, Juv. 3, 82: et pulvino [[fultus]], supported by, resting on the [[pillow]], Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 6, 53: [[ille]] (juvencus) [[latus]] niveum molli [[fultus]] byacintho, Verg. E. 6, 53; cf. [[effultus]]; so absol.: [[colloco]], [[fulcio]], Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 10: [[caput]] nivei fultum [[Pallantis]], propped up, bolstered, Verg. A. 11, 39.— Impers.: sat sic fultumst mihi, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 37.—Poet.: tu (potes) pedibus teneris positas fulcire pruinas? i. e. to [[tread]] the [[fallen]] [[snow]], Prop. 1, 8, 7: stant fulti pulvere crines, supported, stiffened, Stat. Th. 3, 326.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[make]] [[strong]] or [[fast]], to [[fasten]], [[secure]], [[support]], [[strengthen]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): fultosque emuniit obice postes, fastened, [[guarded]], Verg. A. 8, 227; cf.: appositā janua fulta serā, Ov. A. A. 2, 244: et dura janua fulta [[sera]], Tib. 1, 2, 6: omnia debet [[cibus]] integrare novando Et fulcire [[cibus]], [[cibus]] omnia sustentare, to [[support]], [[strengthen]], Lucr. 2, 1147: stomachum [[cibo]], Sen. Ep. 68 med.: venas cadentes vino, id. ib. 95; cf. Col. 6, 24, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[support]], [[sustain]], [[uphold]]: veterem amicum suum labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, [[fortuna]], [[fide]], Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43; cf.: labantem et [[prope]] cadentem rem publicam fulcire, id. Phil. 2, 21, 51: domum pluribus adminiculis [[ante]] fundatam fulcit ac sustinet, Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3; cf: ingenia rudia nullisque artium bonarum adminiculis fulta, Gell. 6, 2, 8: hoc consilio et [[quasi]] senatu [[fultus]] et [[munitus]], Cic. Rep. 2, 9: aliquem litteris, id. Att. 5, 21, 14: magnis subsidiis fulta res publica est, id. Fam. 12, 5, 1: [[imperium]] [[gloria]] fultum et benevolentiā sociorum, id. Off. 3, 22, 88: his [[fultus]] societatibus [[atque]] amicitiis, Liv. 42, 12, 8; 3, 60, 9; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 11; cf.: [[quia]] nullis recentibus subsidiis fulta prima [[acies]] fuit, Liv. 9, 32, 9: quo praesidio cum fulta res Romana esset, id. 7, 12, 8: [[causa]] Gaditanorum gravissimis et plurimis rebus est fulta, Cic. Balb. 15, 35: serie fulcite [[genus]], i. e. to [[keep]] up, [[preserve]], Prop. 4 (5), 11, 69.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet., to [[besiege]], [[oppress]]: (Pacuvii) [[Antiopa]] aerumnis cor luctificabile fulta, Pers. 1, 78 (perh. a [[word]] of Pacuv.).
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|gf=<b>fulcĭō</b>,¹⁰ fulsī, fultum, īre, tr., étayer, soutenir : Cic. CM 52 ; Ac. 2, 75 || [fig.] : amicum Cic. Rab. Post. 43, soutenir un [[ami]] ; aliquem litteris Cic. Att. 5, 21, 14, soutenir quelqu’un de ses lettres ; stomachum frequenti [[cibo]] Sen. Ep. 68, 7, soutenir l’estomac par une fréquente alimentation. pf. [[fulcivi]] CIL 6, 1703 ; part. [[fulcitus]] C. Aur. Chron. 2, 1, 46.
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