sulco
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sulco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. sulcus,
I to furrow, cut furrows through, to plough (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I Lit., in agriculture: agros, Tib. 2, 3, 85: (rura) sulcata Camilli Vomere, Luc. 1, 168: vomere humum, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 68: campos vomere, Sil. 9, 191. — Absol.: recto plenoque sulcare, Col. 2, 2, 25.—
II Transf.
(a) Ingen., to furrow, plough; poet., to sail over, traverse, pass through, etc.: sulcant fossas, quo pluvia aqua delabatur, Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 2: (anguis) harenam Sulcat, Ov. M. 15, 726: iter caudā, Luc. 9, 721: longā sulcant vada salsa carinā, Verg. A. 5, 158: rate undas, Ov. P. 2, 10, 33; id. M. 4, 707: maria arbore, Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5: regna volatu, Luc. 9, 668: sulcavitque cutem rugis, furrowed her skin with wrinkles, Ov. M. 3, 276: gressus, App. M. 5, p. 167, 22: sulcatis lateribus, i. e. by lashes, Amm. 14, 9, 5.—
(b) To elaborate, to work out (cf. exaro), Ven. Fort. Vita Mart.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sulcō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre (sulcus), tr.,
1 mettre en sillons, labourer : Tib. 2, 3, 85 ; Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 68 ; Col. Rust. 2, 2, 25
2 [fig.] a) creuser : Varro R. 1, 29, 2 ; b) sillonner : [les flots] Virg. En. 5, 158 ; Ov. M. 4, 707 ; [le sable] Ov. M. 15, 726 ; [la peau de rides] Ov. M. 3, 276.
Latin > German (Georges)
sulco, āvī, ātum, āre (sulcus), furchen, pflügen, I) eig.: humum vomere, Ov.: agros, Tibull.: campos, Sil.: absol., Colum. – II) übtr.: a) furchen, fossas, graben, Varro: serpens sulcat arenam, Ov.: cutem rugis, runzelig machen, Ov. – b) insbes., furchen, durchfurchen = durchfahren, durchschiffen, passieren, vada carinā, Verg.: undas rate, Ov.: mare arbore, Plin.: iter caeli medium, durchfliegen, Sen. poët.: v. Flüssen, sulcat arenas Bagrada, durchfließt, Sil.
Latin > English
sulco sulcare, sulcavi, sulcatus V :: furrow, plough; cleave
