fungor
See also: Fungor
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfun.ɡor/, [ˈfʊŋɡɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfun.ɡor/, [ˈfuŋɡor]
Verb
fungor (present infinitive fungī, perfect active fūnctus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I 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 fungor ― I deputise for someone
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 25:
- eodem illo munere fungebatur
- Was performing the same function
- eodem illo munere fungebatur
Usage notes
- 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.[1]
Conjugation
Conjugation of fungor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
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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
- dēfungor
- fūnctus
- fūnctiō
- perfungor
Descendants
- Czech: fungovat
- Danish: fungere
- Dutch: fungeren
- English: function, fungible
- French: fonction, fonctionner
- German: fungieren
- Italian: fungere
- Norwegian: fungere
- Sicilian: fùnciri
- Spanish: fungir
- Slovak: fungovať
- Swedish: fungera
References
- Charles Edwin Bennett, 1914. Syntax of Early Latin: The cases, page 211
Further reading
- “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, 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
- (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 153
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti