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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.ɡor/, [ˈfʊŋɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.ɡor/, [ˈfuŋɡor]

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

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.25:

     eodem illo munere fungebatur

     Was performing the same function

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.

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		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
• Carpathian Rusyn: фунґова́ти (fungováty)
• Sicilian: fùnciri
• Spanish: fungir
• Slovak: fungovať
• Swedish: fungera

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