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funda

leather strap, sling

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What it meant

1. funda — de Vaan

funda 'leather strap, sling' [f! a] (PL+) Derivatives: fundulum 'the blind gut, caecum' iy^xm\jundula 'blind alley' (Varro). Theoretically^/idfl may go back to *bhondh-h2- 'tie, strap', a derivative of the verbal root *bhendh- 'to bind' attested>in Gm. and Ilr. Alternatively, it might be a loanword from an unknown language; the Gr. noun σφενδόνη 'sling' might come from the same l source. ; i BibL: WH I: 562, EM 260, … — [de Vaan, s.v. funda, p. 263]

2. funda — Lewis & Short

funda, ae, f.Sanscr. spandē, itch; Gr. sfada/zw, to move convulsively; sfodro/s, sfedano/s, impassioned; sfendo/nh; cf. 3. fūsus,

I a sling.

I Lit.: funda dicta eo, quod ex ea fundantur lapides, id est emittantur, Isid. Orig. 18, 10, 1: inde fundis, sagittis, tormentis hostes propelli ac summoveri jussit, Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 1; 5, 35 fin.; 5, 43, 1; Liv. 38, 29, 4 sq.; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201; Plaut. Poen. 2, 32 sq.; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 16; Cic. poët. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 73; Verg. G. 1, 309; id. A. 9, 586; Ov. M. 4, 517 al.—

II Transf.

A That which is thrown with a sling, the sling-stone, missile,, Sil. 10, 152. —

B A casting-net, drag-net, Verg. G. 1, 141.—

C (From the similarity to the hollow of a sling in which the stone lay, like sfendo/nh.) The hollow of a ring in which a jewel is set, the bezel, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 116 (in Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38, called pala anuli).—

D A money-bag, purse, Macr. S. 2, 4 fin.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. funda (scan p. 263; entry #654). Root candidates: *bhendh-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. funda (scan p. 284; entry #4442).

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