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Lewis Short
funda (noun F) : Sanscr. spandē, itch; Gr. σφαδάζω, to move convulsively; σφοδρός, σφεδανός, impassioned; σφενδόνη; cf. 3. fūsus
* A sling.
* Lit.: funda dicta eo, quod ex ea fundantur lapides, id est emittantur,Isid. Orig. 18, 10, 1: inde fundis, sagittis, tormentis hostes propelli ac summoveri jussit,Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 1; 5, 35fin.; 5, 43, 1; Liv. 38, 29, 4 sq.; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201; Plaut. Poen. 2, 32 sq.; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 16; Cic. poët. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 73; Verg. G. 1, 309; id. A. 9, 586; Ov. M. 4, 517 al.
* Transf.
* That which is thrown with a sling, the sling-stone, missile,, Sil. 10, 152.
* A casting-net, drag-net, Verg. G. 1, 141.
* (From the similarity to the hollow of a sling in which the stone lay, like σφενδόνη.) The hollow of a ring in which a jewel is set, the bezel, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 116 (in Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38, called pala anuli).
* A money-bag, purse, Macr. S. 2, 4 fin.
* A sling.
* Lit.: funda dicta eo, quod ex ea fundantur lapides, id est emittantur,Isid. Orig. 18, 10, 1: inde fundis, sagittis, tormentis hostes propelli ac summoveri jussit,Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 1; 5, 35fin.; 5, 43, 1; Liv. 38, 29, 4 sq.; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201; Plaut. Poen. 2, 32 sq.; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 16; Cic. poët. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 73; Verg. G. 1, 309; id. A. 9, 586; Ov. M. 4, 517 al.
* Transf.
* That which is thrown with a sling, the sling-stone, missile,, Sil. 10, 152.
* A casting-net, drag-net, Verg. G. 1, 141.
* (From the similarity to the hollow of a sling in which the stone lay, like σφενδόνη.) The hollow of a ring in which a jewel is set, the bezel, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 116 (in Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38, called pala anuli).
* A money-bag, purse, Macr. S. 2, 4 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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