fulciō
fulc-iō (mit Balken) "stütze, unterstütze"
- 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.
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊɫ.ki.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈful̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.o]
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