funis
See also: fuñís
English edit
Noun edit
funis
- A cord or a cord-like structure.
- (medicine, specifically) Umbilical cord.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from *fudnis, from Proto-Italic *fondnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.nis/, [ˈfuːnɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.nis/, [ˈfuːnis]
Noun edit
fūnis m (genitive fūnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fūnis | fūnēs |
Genitive | fūnis | fūnium |
Dative | fūnī | fūnibus |
Accusative | fūnem | fūnēs fūnīs |
Ablative | fūne | fūnibus |
Vocative | fūnis | fūnēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: funi
- French: funambule
- Italian: fune
- Romanian: funie
- Sicilian: funi
- Sardinian: fune, funi
- English: funambulist
References edit
- “funis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “funis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- funis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- funis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
funis m