fulcio

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). De Vaan, however, doubts the possibility of a semantic connection between the Latin term, meaning "to support," and the Proto-Indo-European term, meaning "to swell." The root *bʰelg- has been proposed based on a possible connection with Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx), Old High German balko, and Icelandic bjálki, although De Vaan rejects such connections. Rix posits, albeit uncertainly, the root *bʰelḱ-, from which a form *bʰl̥ḱ-yé-ti may have emerged, whence fulciō. However, the only other evidence for such a root is Ancient Greek φάλκης (phálkēs), which Beekes considers to be of Pre-Greek origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊɫ.ki.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈful̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.o] === Verb === fulciō (present infinitive fulcīre, perfect active fulsī, supine fultum); fourth conjugation to prop up, support to strengthen, secure, support Synonyms: cōnfirmō, firmō, mūniō, fortificō, cōnsolidō, immunīo, sistō Antonyms: dēterō, atterō, effēminō, minuō, frangō, tenuō, afficiō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247