See also: Fungor

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *fungō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰu-né-g-ti (with nasal infix), from *bʰewg- (to enjoy, to be of use).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

fungor (present infinitive fungī, perfect active fūnctus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to perform, execute, administer, discharge, finish, complete or end something, observe (with ablative of the task or function)
    Synonyms: perficiō, dēfungor, cōnficiō, agō, efficiō, cumulō, absolvō, inclūdō, claudō, expleō, nāvō, conclūdō, condō, peragō, perpetrō, patrō, exsequor, trānsigō, gerō, exhauriō
    vice alicuius fungorI deputise for someone

Usage notes edit

  • The verb fungor and others like it, ūtor, fruor, potior, vescor, and their compounds, regularly govern the ablative case.
  • In early Latin, fungor governed the accusative case.[2]

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of fungor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fungor fungeris,
fungere
fungitur fungimur fungiminī funguntur
imperfect fungēbar fungēbāris,
fungēbāre
fungēbātur fungēbāmur fungēbāminī fungēbantur
future fungar fungēris,
fungēre
fungētur fungēmur fungēminī fungentur
perfect fūnctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fūnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fūnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fungar fungāris,
fungāre
fungātur fungāmur fungāminī fungantur
imperfect fungerer fungerēris,
fungerēre
fungerētur fungerēmur fungerēminī fungerentur
perfect fūnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fūnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fungere fungiminī
future fungitor fungitor funguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fungī fūnctum esse fūnctūrum esse
participles fungēns fūnctus fūnctūrus fungendus,
fungundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fungendī fungendō fungendum fungendō fūnctum fūnctū

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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 250
  2. ^ Charles Edwin Bennett, 1914. Syntax of Early Latin: The cases, page 211

Further reading edit

  • fungor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fungor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fungor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi
    • (ambiguous) to live a perfect life: virtutis perfectae perfecto munere fungi (Tusc. 1. 45. 109)
    • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi
    • (ambiguous) to perform official duties: munere fungi, muneri praeesse
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 153
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti