sulco

sulco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sulcus], 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.