vulgo
English
Adverb
vulgo (not comparable)
- In the vernacular; commonly known as.
- 1735, Philip Miller, The Gardeners Dictionary:
- PERICLYMENUM; Trumpet Honeysuckle; vulgô.
- 1822, George Woodley, A view of the present state of the Scilly Islands, 264-5:
- [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]
- 1735, Philip Miller, The Gardeners Dictionary:
Synonyms
Galician
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvʊlɡo]
- Hyphenation: vul‧go
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From vulgus (“the public, the common people”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwul.ɡoː/, [ˈwʊɫ.ɡoː]
Inflection
Related terms
- vulgārius
- vulgivagus
- vulgus
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, 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)
- every one says: vulgo dicitur, pervulgatum est
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin vulgus (“the common people”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel (“to throng, crowd”).
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.
Spanish
Related terms
Adverb
vulgo
- commonly known as
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