Fungor, fungeris, pen. corr. functus sum, fungi. Accusatiuo frequentius ablatiuo iungitur. Plaut.To exercise an office or duerie: to doe.Fungi iniuncta aduocatione.Plin. iun.To defende a mans cause at the appointment of a magistrate.Epulis functi.Ouid.After they had feasted or taken their repast.Functus fato, pro Mortuus. Quint. Deade. Fortuna prosperè fungi. Cicero. To haue good fortune: to prosper.Gaudio fungi.Tacit.To be in gladnesse.Laboribus functus. Horat. One that hath taken paines, and now is past them.Legationibus fungi. Quint. To go in ambassade: to bee an ambassadour.Mandatis fungi.Tacit.To execute that is committed to hys charge.Funnctus honore.Liu.That hath beene in an office.Primo loco fungi. Quint. To be the first.Functus militia, studia repetit. Sueton. After hee had done warre, he had recourse to his studie.Crudelitatis alienæ ministerio fungi. Plin. To be an instrument of an other mans crueltie: to execute an other mans crueltie.Morte functus, Mortuns.Ouid.Fungi munus alicnius.Plaut.To doe an other mans office or charge.Fungi aliquo muncre. Cæs. To execute an office.Fungi munere interpretis.Cic.To play the part of an interpretour or translatour.Munere sungi amici. Hor. To do the part of a friend.Fungi muneribus corporis.Cic.To exercise bodily actes.Munere fungi.Cic.To do a benefite.Neque verbis auget suum munus siquo forte fungitur.Fungi officio suo.Terent.To do his duetie.Fungi ministerio officioque seruorum.Plin. iun.To do the office of seruaunts.Ætatis suæ maiorem partem ciuilibus officijs fungi. Liuius. To bestowe, &c.Attentè tutè illorum officia fungere.Terent.Neque boni, neque liberalis functus officium est viri. Tere. He plaied not the part either, &c.Hominis frugi & temperantis functus officium.Terent.Fungi iudicis partibus.Plin. iun.To do the part of.Octauo iam stipendio functa legio. Cæsar. Hauing beene in wages these eight yeares.Fangar vice cotis. Hor. I will quicken or sharpen you: I wil be a whetstone to you.Fungi vicem alienam.Liu.To do an other mans office.Virtute sun ctos duces canere. Hor. To praise vertuous and noble captaines.Vita fungi. Pa pin. To die.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
fungor, functus, fungi, v. dep. [kindred to Sanscr. bhuj-, frui], to busy one's self with or be engaged in something; to perform, execute, administer, discharge, observe, do (syn.: administro, defungor); constr. with abl., rarely with acc. or absol.I. In gen. (a). With abl.: valetudo (opportuna est), ut dolore careas et muneribus fungare corporis, Cic. Lael. 6, 22; cf.: populari munere, id. Rep. 3, 35: virtutis perfectae perfecto munere, id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109; so, munere, id. Rep. 1, 7; 5, 2; id. Off. 2, 16, 57; 2, 20, 70; id. Brut. 16, 63; id. Leg. 1, 3, 10; Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5 al.; cf.: magnificentissimā aedilitate, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57: consulatu, Suet. Caes. 23; id. Galb. 3: praeturā, id. Tib. 4; id. Claud. 24; 38; id. Gram. 7: quaesturā, id. Aug. 36: magisterio, id. Dom. 4: potius barbarorum quam illius more,
to observe
, Nep. Con. 3, 4: funguntur officio,
perform
, Cic. Cael. 9, 21: officio rhetoris, Quint. 2, 1, 6; Suet. Claud. 29; cf. Hor. S. 2, 6, 109: cum suam vicem functus officio sit, had filled his own place as husband, Liv. 1, 9, 15: legationibus, Quint. 3, 2, 4: militiā, Suet. Gram. 9: oppugnationibus et acie feliciter, Vell. 2, 95, 2: sacris, Hor. A. P. 224: laboribus, id. C. 2, 18, 38; cf. periculis, Just. 7, 4: dapibus,
to have done with the food
, Ov. F. 2, 791: caede,
to murder
, id. H. 14, 19: morte,
to die
, id. M. 11, 583; Vell. 2, 49, 1; for which also: fato, Ov. M. 11, 559; Quint. 3, 7, 10; Suet. Calig. 6; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5ext.: vitā, Gell. 20, 2, 3; Lact. 2, 1, 1; Dig. 48, 5, 11 fin.; 49, 17, 14: voto,
to pay a vow
, Just. 9, 2: fungar vice cotis,
to serve instead of
, Hor. A. P. 304: indicis partibus, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 2: ter aevo functus senex (Nestor),
, Hor. C. 4, 15, 29; cf.: omni virtute functa (femina), Quint. 6 praef.5.—Of things: possunt aliquando oculi non fungi suo munere, Cic. Div. 1, 32, 71: aliquae (vocales) officio consonantium fungantur, Quint. 1, 4, 10: levissima quaeque (quaestio) primo loco fungitur, id. 3, 6, 8 Spald. N. cr.: res eadem perorationis vice fungitur, id. 4, 3, 11; cf. id. 4, 1, 75.—(b). With acc. (so always in Plaut. and Ter. except officiis, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 12; but in class. prose only once in Nep.; v. infra): ingentia munera fungi, Lucil. ap. Non. 497, 12: munus, id. ib. 10; Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 5; id. Trin. prol. 1; 2, 2, 73: militare munus fungens, Nep. Dat. 1, 2 al.: officium, Pac. ap. Non. 497, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 129 Rib.); Titin. ib. 6 (Com. Rel. v 48 ib.); Turp. ib. 13; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 14; 3, 3, 19; id. Ad. 3, 4, 18; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 51: sine me alliatum fungi fortunas meas, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 45: Mago diem fungitur relictis duobus filiis, i. e.
dies
, Just. 19, 1, 1: mala multa animus contagibu' fungitur ejus, i. e.
suffers
, Lucr. 3, 734.—(g). In gerundive, as v.a.: muneris fungendi gratia, Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2: ad suum munus fungendum, id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15: per speciem alienae fungendae vicis, Liv. 1, 41, 6: spes facta militiae fungendae potioribus ducibus, id. 24, 21, 3.—(d).Absol. (very rare): at facere et fungi sine corpore nulla potest res, i. e.
to suffer
, Lucr. 1, 443 sq.; so 3, 168: pro fultura et substructione fungentur fundamenta,
will serve
, Col. 1, 5, 9: nec livida tabes Invidiae functis quamquam et jam lumine cassis Defuit, i. e. to the dead, =defunctis, Stat. Th. 2, 15; cf.: omnia functa Aut moritura vides, id. S. 2, 1, 209; id. Th. 4, 483; 511; Albin. 1,393; Aus. Ep.33.II. In partic., to perform, discharge, contribute, pay any thing due from one: hoc vobis est statuendum, quid aratorem ipsum arationis nomine muneris in re publica fungi ac sustinere velitis, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, 199: per omnes annos atque omnia bella duplici numero se militum equitumque fungi, Vell. 2, 15, 3: cum eo sumptu res publica fungatur, Tac. A. 14, 21: qui fenus exercent, omnibus patrimonii intributionibus fungi debent, etsi possessionem non habeant, Dig. 50, 1, 22 fin.!*? In pass. signif. (post-class. and very rare): pretia rerum non ex affectione, nec utilitate singulorum, sed communiter fungi,
are not taken
, Dig. 9, 2, 33: dos, quae semel functa est, amplius fungi non potest, Ulp. Fragm. 6, 11.