vulgo

English

Etymology

From Latin vulgo.

Adverb

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

vulgo (uncountable)

1. The masses.

Synonyms

• great unwashed
• hoi polloi

Anagrams

• Vogul

Galician

Etymology

From Latin vulgus. Compare Portuguese vulgo.

Noun

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

1. the common people, the masses

Related terms

• vulgar
• vulgaridade
• vulgarismo

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vulgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʊlɡoː]
• Hyphenation: vul‧go

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Adverb

vulgo

1. vulgo; commonly known as

Further reading

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• volgō

Etymology

From vulgus (“the public, the common people”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ul.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.ɡo/, [ˈvulɡo]

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• divulgō
• ēvulgō
• invulgō
• pervulgō
• provulgō
• vulgātē
• vulgātor
• vulgātus

Related terms

• vulgāris
• vulgāritās
• vulgāriter
• vulgārius
• vulgivagus
• vulgus

Adverb

vulgō (not comparable)

1. generally, usually
2. universally
3. publicly, commonly, popularly

   Synonyms: pūblicē, apertē, palam

   Antonym: clam

Noun

vulgō

1. dative/ablative singular of 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 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.ɡu/ [ˈvuɫ.ɣu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.ɡu/ [ˈvuɫ.ɣu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.ɡu/ [ˈbuɫ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: vul‧go

Noun

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

1. the common people, the masses

Adverb

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

Etymology

From Latin vulgus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulɡo/ [ˈbul.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -ulɡo
• Syllabification: vul‧go

Noun

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

1. the common people, the masses

Related terms

• vulgar

 

Adverb

vulgo

1. commonly known as

Further reading

• “vulgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, clipping of vulgär (“vulgar”) +‎ -o. Compare fetto, lyllo, svullo, etc. Possibly influenced by English vulgo. Attested (as part of compounds) since 1988.

Adjective

vulgo

1. (slang) vulgar; of bad taste

Derived terms

• vulgokomedi

References

• vulgo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vulgo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vulgo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)