fungor

See also: Fungor

Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    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 fungor ― I deputise for someone

    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.[2]

    Conjugation

       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 infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present fungī — fungēns —
    future fūnctūrum esse — fūnctūrus fungendus,
    fungundus
    perfect fūnctum esse — fūnctus —
    future perfect fūnctum fore — — —
    perfect potential fūnctūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    fungendī fungendō fungendum fungendō fūnctum fūnctū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: fungere
      • Sicilian: fùnciri
    • Ibero-Romance:

    Borrowings:

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fungor-, -ī”, in 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

    • “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
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