vulgo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vulgo.

Adverb[edit]

vulgo (not comparable)

  1. In the vernacular; commonly known as.
    • 1733, Philip Miller, “PERICLYMENUM”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: [], 2nd edition, volume I, London: [] C[harles] Rivington, [], →OCLC, column 1:
      PERICLYMENUM; [] Trumpet Honeyſuckle; vulgô.
    • 1822, George Woodley, A view of the present state of the Scilly Islands, 264-265:
      [Pope's Hole] derives its name from its being a place of shelter to some puffins, vulgo "popes".
    • 1828, John Walters, An English and Welsh Dictionary, page 304:
      A cow desiring the bull [vulgò a tufty cow]

Noun[edit]

vulgo (uncountable)

  1. The masses.

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vulgus. Compare Portuguese vulgo.

Noun[edit]

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

  1. the common people, the masses

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin vulgo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʊlɡo]
  • Hyphenation: vul‧go
  • (file)

Adverb[edit]

vulgo

  1. vulgo; commonly known as

Further reading[edit]

  • vulgo” in Duden online
  • vulgo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From vulgus (the public, the common people).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

vulgō (present infinitive vulgāre, perfect active vulgāvī, supine vulgātum); first conjugation

  1. to broadcast, publish, divulge, issue, make known among the people
    Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōdō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, indicō, profiteor, gerō, praestō
  2. to make common, prostitute
  3. to make known to all by words, spread abroad, publish, divulge
  4. to cheapen, degrade
    Synonym: dēgenerō

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of vulgō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vulgō vulgās vulgat vulgāmus vulgātis vulgant
imperfect vulgābam vulgābās vulgābat vulgābāmus vulgābātis vulgābant
future vulgābō vulgābis vulgābit vulgābimus vulgābitis vulgābunt
perfect vulgāvī vulgāvistī vulgāvit vulgāvimus vulgāvistis vulgāvērunt,
vulgāvēre
pluperfect vulgāveram vulgāverās vulgāverat vulgāverāmus vulgāverātis vulgāverant
future perfect vulgāverō vulgāveris vulgāverit vulgāverimus vulgāveritis vulgāverint
passive present vulgor vulgāris,
vulgāre
vulgātur vulgāmur vulgāminī vulgantur
imperfect vulgābar vulgābāris,
vulgābāre
vulgābātur vulgābāmur vulgābāminī vulgābantur
future vulgābor vulgāberis,
vulgābere
vulgābitur vulgābimur vulgābiminī vulgābuntur
perfect vulgātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vulgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vulgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vulgem vulgēs vulget vulgēmus vulgētis vulgent
imperfect vulgārem vulgārēs vulgāret vulgārēmus vulgārētis vulgārent
perfect vulgāverim vulgāverīs vulgāverit vulgāverīmus vulgāverītis vulgāverint
pluperfect vulgāvissem vulgāvissēs vulgāvisset vulgāvissēmus vulgāvissētis vulgāvissent
passive present vulger vulgēris,
vulgēre
vulgētur vulgēmur vulgēminī vulgentur
imperfect vulgārer vulgārēris,
vulgārēre
vulgārētur vulgārēmur vulgārēminī vulgārentur
perfect vulgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vulgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vulgā vulgāte
future vulgātō vulgātō vulgātōte vulgantō
passive present vulgāre vulgāminī
future vulgātor vulgātor vulgantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vulgāre vulgāvisse vulgātūrum esse vulgārī vulgātum esse vulgātum īrī
participles vulgāns vulgātūrus vulgātus vulgandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vulgandī vulgandō vulgandum vulgandō vulgātum vulgātū

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Adverb[edit]

vulgō (not comparable)

  1. generally, usually
  2. universally
  3. publicly, commonly, popularly
    Synonyms: pūblicē, apertē, palam
    Antonym: clam

Noun[edit]

vulgō

  1. dative/ablative singular of vulgus

References[edit]

  • 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[1], 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)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vulgus (the common people), from Proto-Indo-European *wel (to throng, crowd).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvuw.ɡu/ [ˈvuʊ̯.ɡu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvuw.ɡo/ [ˈvuʊ̯.ɡo]
 

  • Hyphenation: vul‧go

Noun[edit]

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

  1. the common people, the masses

Adverb[edit]

vulgo (not comparable)

  1. (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.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vulgus.

Noun[edit]

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

  1. the common people, the masses

Related terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

vulgo

  1. commonly known as

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Adjective[edit]

vulgo

  1. (slang) vulgar; of bad taste

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