funis

See also: fuñís

English

Noun

funis

  1. A cord or a cord-like structure.
  2. (medicine, specifically) Umbilical cord.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from *fudnis, from Proto-Italic *fondnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fūnis m (genitive fūnis); third declension

  1. rope, cord, line

Declension

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

Descendants
  • Aromanian: funi
  • French: funambule
  • Italian: fune
  • Romanian: funie
  • Sicilian: funi
  • Sardinian: fune, funi
  • English: funambulist

References
  • “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

Noun

funis m

  1. plural of funil
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