vulgo (volg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. vulgus, to spread among the multitude; to make general, common, or universal; to put forth to the world, publish (cf. publico). In gen.: morbos, Liv. 3, 6, 3: contagium in alios, Curt. 9, 10, 1: rem, i. e. to let all share in, Liv. 2, 29, 7: librum, to publish, Quint. 1, prooem. § 7; Suet. Gram. 8.

— Mid.: vulgari cum privatis, i. e. to confound one's self with, put one's self on a level with, Liv. 3, 35, 6.

— In partic. To make known to all by words, to spread abroad, publish, divulge (cf. promulgo): jurgare coepit dicens, quae facis atque in vulgus vulgat, Varr. ap. Non. p. 230, 31: vulgare aliquem vulgo, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 44: non quod ego vulgari facinus per omnes velim, Liv. 28, 27, 10: vulgatur rumor duas deesse tabulas, id. 3, 34, 7: dolorem verbis, Verg. A. 10, 64: haec atque talia vulgantibus, Tac. A. 13, 7.

— In mal. part., to make common, mingle, confound, to prostitute: ut ferarum prope ritu vulgentur concubitus plebis patrumque, Liv. 4, 2, 6: vulgato corpore, id. 1, 4, 7: pretio corpus, Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 21.

— To name, call (poet.): bosporon hinc veteres errantis nomine divae Vulgavere, Val. Fl. 4, 420.

—Hence, vulgātus (volg-), a, um, P. d., general, ordinary, usual, common. In gen.: vulgatissimi sensus, Quint. 2, 4, 28.

— In partic. Commonly or generally known, notorious: vulgatior fama est, Liv. 1, 7, 2: amores, Ov. M. 4, 276: αὐλητρὶς illa vulgata, Quint. 7, 9, 4: illud vulgatum, etc., id. 5, 10, 70; cf. id. 1, 5, 11.

— In mal. part., common, public: vulgatissimae meretrices, Suet. Dom. 22; cf.: quis navis umquam in flumine publico tam volgata omnibus quam istius aetas fuit? Cic. Har. Resp. 27, 59.

—vulgātē (volg-), notoriously; comp., Amm. 15, 3, 6, and id. 31, 3, 2 init.