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Funambulus
{ ‖
Fu-nam′bu-lo
, ‖Fu-nam′bu-lus
}Noun.
[Sp.
funambulo
, or It. funambolo
, fr. L. funambulus
; funis
rope (perh. akin to E. bind
) + ambulare
to walk. See Amble
, and cf. Funambulist
.] A ropewalker or ropedancer.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Definition 2024
Funambulus
Funambulus
See also: funambulus
Translingual
Funambulus palmarum
Proper noun
Funambulus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – the palm squirrels of southern Asia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Sciuromorpha - suborder; Sciuridae - family; Callosciurinae - subfamily
funambulus
funambulus
See also: Funambulus
Latin
Etymology
From funis
Alternative forms
Noun
fūnambulus n (genitive fūnambulī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fūnambulus | fūnambulī |
| genitive | fūnambulī | fūnambulōrum |
| dative | fūnambulō | fūnambulīs |
| accusative | fūnambulum | fūnambulōs |
| ablative | fūnambulō | fūnambulīs |
| vocative | fūnambule | fūnambulī |
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “funambulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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