fulcio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *folkjō. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelḱ- (“beam, plank”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈful.ki.oː/, [ˈfʊɫ̪kioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈful.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈful̠ʲt͡ʃio]

Verb

fulciō (present infinitive fulcīre, perfect active fulsī, supine fultum); fourth conjugation

1. to prop up, support
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.246–249:

     Iamque volāns apicem et latera ardua cernit
     Atlantis dūrī, caelum quī vertice fulcit,
     Atlantis, cīnctum adsiduē cui nūbibus ātrīs
     pīniferum caput et ventō pulsātur et imbrī.

     And now, flying, he sees the peak and steep sides
     of the tough Atlas, who supports the sky on his head,
     of Atlas, whose pine-bearing head surrounded by dark clouds
     is constantly beaten by wind as well as by rain.

2. to strengthen, secure, support
   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 2.1146–1149:

     Omnia dēbet enim cibus integrāre novandō
     et fulcīre cibus, cibus omnia sustentāre—
     nēquīquam, quoniam nec vēnae perpetiuntur
     quod satis est neque quantum opus est nātūra ministrat.

     For food should repair all by renewing
     and strengthen, support everything—
     but to no avail, because neither do veins contain
     enough, nor does nature provide as much as necessary.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fulciō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fulciō	fulcīs	fulcit	fulcīmus	fulcītis	fulciunt
	imperfect	fulciēbam	fulciēbās	fulciēbat	fulciēbāmus	fulciēbātis	fulciēbant
	future	fulciam	fulciēs	fulciet	fulciēmus	fulciētis	fulcient
	perfect	fulsī	fulsistī	fulsit	fulsimus	fulsistis	fulsērunt, fulsēre
	pluperfect	fulseram	fulserās	fulserat	fulserāmus	fulserātis	fulserant
	future perfect	fulserō	fulseris	fulserit	fulserimus	fulseritis	fulserint
passive	present	fulcior	fulcīris, fulcīre	fulcītur	fulcīmur	fulcīminī	fulciuntur
	imperfect	fulciēbar	fulciēbāris, fulciēbāre	fulciēbātur	fulciēbāmur	fulciēbāminī	fulciēbantur
	future	fulciar	fulciēris, fulciēre	fulciētur	fulciēmur	fulciēminī	fulcientur
	perfect	fultus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fultus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fultus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fulciam	fulciās	fulciat	fulciāmus	fulciātis	fulciant
imperfect	fulcīrem	fulcīrēs	fulcīret	fulcīrēmus	fulcīrētis	fulcīrent
perfect	fulserim	fulserīs	fulserit	fulserīmus	fulserītis	fulserint
pluperfect	fulsissem	fulsissēs	fulsisset	fulsissēmus	fulsissētis	fulsissent
passive	present	fulciar	fulciāris, fulciāre	fulciātur	fulciāmur	fulciāminī	fulciantur
imperfect	fulcīrer	fulcīrēris, fulcīrēre	fulcīrētur	fulcīrēmur	fulcīrēminī	fulcīrentur
perfect	fultus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	fultus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fulcī	—	—	fulcīte	—
	future	—	fulcītō	fulcītō	—	fulcītōte	fulciuntō
passive	present	—	fulcīre	—	—	fulcīminī	—
	future	—	fulcītor	fulcītor	—	—	fulciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fulcīre	fulsisse	fultūrum esse	fulcīrī	fultum esse	fultum īrī
participles		fulciēns	—	fultūrus	—	fultus	fulciendus, fulciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fulciendī	fulciendō	fulciendum	fulciendō	fultum	fultū

Derived terms

• effultus
• fulcīmen
• fulcrum
• fultus

Descendants

• ⇒ Galician: refucir
• Italian: folcire
• Latin: *fulcius
  • →? Proto-Albanian: *fujqi
    • Albanian: fuqi
• Spanish: fulcir

References

• “fulcio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fulcio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fulcio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.