funambulus

See also: Funambulus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin fūnambulus.

Noun

funambulus (plural funambuli)

1. (obsolete) A funambulist; a tightrope walker.

Related terms

• funambulist

References

• “funambulus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Alternative forms

• fūniambulus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *bʰóndʰis

Proto-Italic *fūdnis?

Latin fūnis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.

Proto-Italic *amβi-

Latin ambi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *alō

Latin *alō

Latin ambulō

Latin fūnambulus

From fūnis (“rope”) + ambulō (“to walk”).

Noun

fūnambulus m (genitive fūnambulī); second declension

1. a rope-dancer, tightrope walker; funambulist

   Synonym: fūnirēpus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fūnambulus	fūnambulī
genitive	fūnambulī	fūnambulōrum
dative	fūnambulō	fūnambulīs
accusative	fūnambulum	fūnambulōs
ablative	fūnambulō	fūnambulīs
vocative	fūnambule	fūnambulī

Descendants

• → Catalan: funàmbul
• → English: funambulus
• → French: funambule
• → Italian: funambolo
• → Portuguese: funâmbulo
• → Sicilian: funàmmulu
• → Spanish: funámbulo
• → Translingual: Funambulus

References

• “funambulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “funambulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “funambulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “funambulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “funambulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin