The corpus record — Latin

funis

rope, cable

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 15 · 9.59/10k
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De Architectura 30 · 5.2/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
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de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k
Hamartigenia 2 · 3.13/10k
Elegiae 7 · 2.77/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Epistulae 2 · 2.02/10k

Densest 12 of 61 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. funis — de Vaan

funis 'rope, cable' [m. (f.) i] (Cato+; gen.pl. funium, abl.sg. fune, acc.sg. funem, ablsg. fun! lx Cato) Derivatives; funiculus 'thin rope, cord' (Cato+); funambulus 'tightrope walker' (Ter.+); semifunium * half-length of rope' (Cato). Pit. *xvoini-. PIE *gwhoiH-ni- or *gwhoHi-ni- 4rope\ IE cognates: see s.v.filum. Since the meaning is very close tofilum,funis might represent an o-grade denvative furca of the root … — [de Vaan, s.v. funis, p. 264]

2. fūnis — Lewis & Short

fūnis, is, m. (

I fem., Lucr. 2, 1154; ap. Gell. 13, 20, 21, and Non. 205, 22; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 6) [perh. for fudnis, root in Sanscr. bandh-, bind; cf. Gr. pei=sma, rope; kindr. with sxoi=nos], a rope, sheet, line, cord (syn.: restis, rudens): funes dicti, quod antea in usum luminis circumdati cera, unde et funalia, Isid. Orig. 19, 4; Cato, R. R. 135, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22; Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 5; 3, 14, 6; 4, 29, 3 al.; Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 4; Verg. A. 2, 262; Ov. M. 8, 777 et saep.: patiatur necesse est illam per funes ingredientium tarditatem, i. e. of the rope-dancers, Quint. 2, 14, 16.—

2 Prov.

a Funem ducere or sequi, to lead or follow the rope, i. e. to command or serve (the fig. being most probably that of an animal led by a rope): imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique, Tortum digna sequi potius quam ducere funem, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 48.—

b Funem reducere, to pull back the rope, i. e. to change one's mind, Pers. 5, 118.—

c Funem in diversa distendere, to dispute pro and con, Tert. Pudic. 2; adv. Marc. 4.—

d Ut, quod aiunt Graeci, ex incomprehensibili parvitate arenae funise effici non possit (Gr. e)ca)/mmou sxoini/on ple/kein), to make a rope of sand, i. e. to perform the impossible, Col. 10 praef. § 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. funis (scan pp. 264-265; entry #659). Root candidates: *xvoini-.

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