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Sulca, ae, m., a Roman surname: Q. Baetius Sulca, Liv. 42, 6.

* sulcāmen, ĭnis, n. [sulco], a furrow, = sulcus, App. M. 6, p. 174, 9.

sulcātor, ōris, m. [sulco], one who draws furrows, a furrower, plougher (in postAug. poets).

  1. I. Lit.: Leontini campi, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 939: patuli agri, Avien. Perieg. 587.
  2. II. Transf., one who sails over, traverses, etc.: sulcator navita ponti, Sil. 7, 363: pigri Averni, i. e. Charon, Stat. Th. 11, 588; cf. undae, id. ib. 8, 18: Bagrada sulcator harenae, Luc. 4, 588.
    1. B. A render, tearer, lacerator: lateris sulcator (vultur), Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 340.

sulcātōrĭus, a, um, adj., sailing over; only in subst.: sulcātōrĭa, ae, f. (late Lat.), a ship, a barge, Cassiod. Var. 2, 20.

Sulci, ōrum, m., an ancient maritime city on the southern coast of Sardinia, founded by Carthage, now the ruins of Palma de Solo near Sulci, Mel. 2, 7, 19.
Hence,

  1. A. Sulcensis, e, of Sulci: promuntorium, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 84; Mart. Cap. 6, § 645.
  2. B. Sulcĭtāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Sulci, Auct. B. Afr. 98, 1; Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.

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.).

  1. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
          1. (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.
          2. (β) To elaborate, to work out (cf. exaro), Ven. Fort. Vita Mart.

1. sulcus, a, um, adj., only ficus sulca, an unknown species of fig-tree, Col. 5, 10, 11.

2. sulcus, i, m. [Gr. ὁλκός, from ἕλκω],

  1. I. a furrow made by the plough (cf.: lira, porca): sulci appellantur, quā aratrum ducitur, vel sationis faciendae causā vel urbis condendae, vel fossura rectis lateribus, ubi arbores serantur: quod vocabulum quidam ex Graeco fictum, quia illi dicant ὁλκόν, Fest. p. 302 Müll.: quā aratrum vomere lacunam striam facit, sulcus vocatur: quod est inter duos sulcos elata terra, dicitur porca, Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 3: sulco vario ne ares, Cato, R. R. 61, 1: cum sulcus altius esset impressus, Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50: ducere … infodere sulcum, Col. 2, 2, 27; Juv. 7, 48: duci sarculo sulcum, Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327: proscindere jugerum sulco, id. 18, 19, 49, § 178: sulco tenui arare, id. 18, 18, 47, § 170: sulcum patefacere aratro, Ov. M. 3, 104: sulcis committere semina, Verg. G. 1, 223: mandare hordea sulcis, id. E. 5, 36: telluri infindere sulcos, id. ib. 4, 33: semina longis Cerealia sulcis Obruere, Ov. M. 1, 123: herba Cerealibus obruta sulcis, id. Tr. 3, 12, 11.
  2. II. Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1. A. A ploughing: hordeum altero sulco seminari debet, Col. 2, 9, 15: quarto, id. 2, 12, 8: quinto, Plin. 18, 20, 49, § 181: nono, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10.
    2. B. Of things resembling a furrow.
      1. 1. A long, narrow trench, a ditch, Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 43, 1; Col. 2, 8, 3; Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; Verg. G. 2, 24; 2, 289; id. A. 1, 425 et saep.
      2. 2. A rut, track, in gen.: cursu rotarum saucia clarescunt nubila sulco, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olymp. 102.
        Esp., of the furrow cut by a vessel: infindunt sulcos, Verg. A. 5, 142: delere sulcos, Stat. Th. 6, 415: canebant aequora sulco, Val. Fl. 3, 32.
        Of a wrinkle of the skin, Mart. 3, 72, 4: genarum, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 110.
        Of the trail of a meteor, Verg. A. 2, 697; Luc. 5, 562.
        Of wounds: in pectore, Claud. Rapt. Prov. 3, 425.
        Of the private parts of a woman, Lucr. 4, 1272; Verg. G. 3, 136; App. Ἀνεχ. 16.

sulfur (in MSS. also sulphur and sulpur), ŭris, n. (masc., Tert. adv. Prax. 16; Veg. Vet. 1, 38 med.), brimstone, sulphur.

  1. I. Lit., Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 174; Cato, R. R. 39, 1; Col. 8, 5, 11: vivum, Liv. 39, 13, 12; Ov. F. 4, 739; Lucr. 6, 221; 6, 748; 6, 807; Tib. 1, 5, 11; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 86; Ov. M. 5, 405 et saep.
    Plur.: viva, Verg. G. 3, 449: vivacia, Ov. M. 3, 374: lurida, id. ib. 14, 791; 15, 351; Quint. 12, 10, 76 Spald. N. cr.; used as a cement, Juv. 5, 48.
  2. II. Transf., poet., lightning (so called from its sulphureous smell): aethereum, Luc. 7, 160: satrum, Pers. 2, 24.

* sulfŭrans (sulph-), antis, adj. [sulfur; cf. sulfuratus], containing sulphur, sulphurous: aquae, Tert. adv. Val. 15.

sulfŭrārĭa (sulph-), ae, f. [sulfur], a sulphur pit or mine: in calcariam vel sulfurariam damnari, Dig. 48, 19, 8, § 10; 47, 2, 53, § 10.

* sulfŭrātĭo (sulph-), ōnis, f. [sulfur], a vein of sulphur in the earth, Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 5.

sulfŭrātus (sulph-), a, um, adj. [sulfur], impregnated with sulphur, sulphurated.

  1. I. Adj.: fontes, Vitr. 8, 3: aqua, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 59: ramentum, Mart. 10, 3, 3: merx, id. 12, 57, 14: lana, Cels. 4, 5.
    Comp.: gehenna, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 28.
  2. II. Subst.: sul-fŭrāta, ōrum, n.
    1. A. (Sc. fila.) Brimstone-matches, Mart. 1, 42, 4.
    2. B. (Sc. loca.) Veins of sulphur, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49.

sulfŭrĕus (sulph-), a, um, adj. [sulfur], of or like sulphur, sulphurous, sulphureous: fornaces, Ov. M. 15, 340: aqua, Verg. A. 7, 517: lux fulminum, Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 177: color, id. 35, 6, 25, § 41: odor, id. 36, 19, 34, § 141.

sulfŭrōsus (sulph-), a, um, adj. [sulfur], full of sulphur, sulphureous: fontes, Vitr. 8, 3 med.: plurima sulfurosa, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 7.

‡ Sŭlĭvĭae, ārum, f. [a lengthened form for Silviae], a kind of wood-goddesses, Inscr. Orell. 2051.
Also in the form SVLEVIAE, Inscr. Orell. 2099 sq.

Sulla (less correctly Sylla), ae, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So, esp.,

  1. I. L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, the celebrated Roman dictator, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Sall. J. 100, 2; Flor. 3, 21, 5; Vell. 2, 17, 1.
    Hence, Sullānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sulla: tempus, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46: ager, id. Agr. 2, 26, 70: assignationes, id. ib. 3, 1, 3: proscriptio, Sen. Ira, 2, 34, 3: saeculum, id. ib. 1, 20, 4: partes, Nep. Att. 2: tempora, Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 123.
    Subst.: Sullāni, ōrum, m., partisans of Sulla, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7.
  2. II. L. Cornelius Sulla Faustus, usually called Faustus Sulla, a son of the dictator, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 8, 3, 7 al.
  3. III. P. Cornelius Sulla, a relation of the dictator, accused of ambitus, and defended by Cicero in an oration still extant.
  4. IV. Publius and Servius Sulla, conspirators with Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; cf. Cic. Sull. 2, 4.
  5. V. An astrologer of the time of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 57.

sullātŭrĭo, īre, v. desid. n. [Sulla], to imitate or play the part of Sulla: ita sullaturit animus ejus et proscripturit, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 32; 8, 6, 32.

Sulmo, ōnis, m.

  1. I. A town in the territory of the Peligni, near Corfinium, the birthplace of Ovid, now Sulmona: aquosus, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 11: gelidus, id. F. 4, 81; Sil. 9, 76; 8, 511; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 3; Cic. Att. 8, 4, 3; 8, 12, A, 1; Flor. 3, 21, 28.
    Hence,
      1. 1. Sulmōnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sulmo: ager, Plin. 17, 26, 41, § 250.
        Plur.: Sulmōnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sulmo, Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 1; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.
        Sing. fem., Juv. 6, 187
      2. * 2. Sul-montīnus, a, um, adj., of Sulmo: colonia, Front. Colon. p. 145 Goes.
  2. II. A town of the Volsci in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; 34, 14, 41, § 145.
  3. III. The name of a hero, Verg. A. 9, 412; 10, 517.

sulphur, and its derivv., v. sulfur.

Sulpĭcilla, ae, f. dim. [Sulpicia], i. e. the poetess Sulpicia, Fulg. Myth. praef. 1 pr.; v. Sulpicius, VII.

Sulpĭcĭus, i, m.; Sulpĭcĭa, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens; e. g.

  1. I. Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul 610 A.U.C., and an able orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 39; id. Brut. 22, 86.
  2. II. C. Sulpicius Gallus, a connoisseur in Greek literature, and a good orator, Cic. Brut. 20, 78; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Lael. 27, 101.
  3. III. Ser. Sulpicius Rufus, a very celebrated jurist, a contemporary and correspondent of Cicero; v. Cic. Fam. 4, 1 sqq.; Gell. 2, 10, 1; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 42 sq.
  4. IV. C. Sulpicius Apollinaris, a grammarian, teacher of the emperor Pertinax, Gell. 2, 16, 8; 4, 17, 11.
  5. V. A tribune of the people. author of the lex Sulpicia, Nep. Att. 2, 1; Vell. 2, 18.
  6. VI. Sulpicia, a Roman poetess in the time of Domitian, Mart. 10, 35, 1; Sid. Carm. 9, 262.
    Hence,
    1. A. Sulpĭcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius: horrea, Hor. C. 4, 12, 18: lex, proposed by the people’s tribune P.Sulpicius, Flor. 3, 21.
    2. B. Sul-pĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius: classis, commanded by the prætor P. Sulpicius, Caes. B. C. 3, 101: seditio, raised by P. Sulpicius, Quint. 6, 3, 75.

sultis = si vultis, v. volo init.

† syllăba (sul-), ae, f., = συλλαβή, a syllable.

  1. I. Lit., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 29: syllaba brevior aut longior, Cic. Par. 3, 2, 26: syllabarum numerus, id. de Or. 3, 47, 183: syllaba longa brevi subjecta, Hor. A. P. 251: syllaba prima brevis, Ov. P. 4, 12, 12; Quint. 1, 5, 62; 7, 9, 13; Sen. Ep. 117, 5; 88, 42 et saep.: jurisconsultus, auceps syllabarum, a word-catcher, captious critic, caviller, Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236.
  2. * II. Transf., in plur., verses, poems: Verona docti syllabas amat vatis (i. e. Catulli), Mart. 1, 62, 1.