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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.
(α). 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.—
(β). To elaborate, to work out (cf. exaro), Ven. Fort. Vita Mart.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.726
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.707
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.276
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.158
    • Lucan, Civil War, 1.168
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.721
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.668
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.5
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.10
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.10
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.2.25
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