dē-fungor

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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.

In gen.

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, 5 ext.:

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),

who had lived through, enjoyed, Hor. C. 2, 9, 13; cf.:

functo longissima statione mortali,

Vell. 2, 131, 2:

virtute functi duces,

who have shown, exhibited, 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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

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.

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.

, fungi, functus

to occupy oneself, perform, do, execute.

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dē-fungor, functus ( infin. pass. parag. defungier, Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 32), 3, v. dep., to have done with, to acquit one's self of, to discharge an affair or an obligation (esp. an unwelcome, unpleasant one), to perform, finish (class.).

With abl.:

aliquo studio,

Lucr. 4, 963: tam vili munere orationis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24:

omni populari concitatione,

Cic. Sest. 34, 74:

periculis,

id. Rosc. Am. 8; Verg. A. 6, 83:

tribus decumis pro una,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16: hoc mendacio, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1 fin.:

imperio regis,

Liv. 1, 4:

proelio,

id. 1, 25; cf.

bello,

id. 25, 35:

consulis fato,

id. 10, 29; cf.:

fatalibus malis,

Suet. Ner. 40:

plurimorum morbis, perpaucis funeribus,

Liv. 4, 52:

poena,

id. 2, 35; 29, 21:

laboribus,

Hor. Od. 3, 24, 15; Ov. F. 6, 541 et saep.; esp. of the finishing of this (troublesome) life ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

vitā,

to die, Verg. G. 4, 475; id. A. 6, 306; Curt. 5, 5, 13:

suis temporibus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 22;

but, sua morte,

Suet. Caes. 89:

honesta morte,

Curt. 5, 25, 11; 8, 7, 5:

terrā,

Ov. M. 9, 254; cf. the foll. — Poet., with inanimate subjects:

defunctum bello barbiton,

discharged from the warfare of love, Hor. Od. 3, 26, 3.—

Absol.:

nec adversus illos mercede defungor,

nor do I discharge my obligation by the payment, Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 1: defunctus jam sum, now I am quit, i. e. safe, out of danger, Ter. Eun. prol. 15 Ruhnk.; cf. id. Ad. 3, 4, 63; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 32; Ov. M. 2, 9, 24.— To depart, die (not ante Aug.; cf.

supra): dicitur prius esse defunctus,

Quint. 5, 5, 2; Tac. A. 15, 22 fin.; Suet. Aug. 99:

honesta morte,

Curt. 5, 8, 11;

hence, defunctus, = mortuus,

deceased, defunct, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 108; Tac. A. 1, 1; 1, 7; Quint. 4, 1, 28; 5, 14, 15; Suet. Caes. 6; id. Aug. 8; 61; Vulg. Matth. 9. 18.— Plur.: defuncti, m., the dead, Sen. ad. Marc. 13, 2; id. Polyb. 9, 2; id. Ep. 63, 5; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 27; 2, 68, 68, § 175 al. et saep.

functĭo, ōnis, f. [fungor], a performing, executing, discharging; a performance, execution.

In gen. (Ciceron., but very rare):

labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis gravioris operis et muneris,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:

ut iis jucundior esset muneris illius functio,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15.—

Transf., of things:

functionem recipere per solutionem,

i. e. perform the part, supply the place of, Dig. 12, 1, 2, § 1.—

In partic. (post-class.).

Payment of taxes, Cod. Just. 8, 54, 4; 10, 22, 3.—

An ending, end (of life), death:

inevitabilis,

Arn. 2, 78:

mortalium,

id. 2, 104.

per-fungor, functus, v. dep. n.

Lit., to fulfil, perform, discharge (class.).

With abl.:

munere quodam necessitatis, et gravi opere perfungimur,

Cic. Sen. 21, 77:

honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:

rei publicae muneribus,

id. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

rebus amplissimis,

id. Brut. 2, 8.—

With acc. (post-Aug.): onera quaestoria perfunctus est, Front. Ep. ad Verum, 7.—

Transf.

To go through, undergo, endure; to get through with, get rid of.

With abl.:

pericula, quibus nos perfuncti sumus,

Cic. Mur. 2, 4:

molestiā,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

fato,

Gell. 10, 18, 3:

vitā,

i. e. to die, Lucr. 3, 982.—

With ab (ante-class.): sues perfunctas esse a febri, et a foriā, are free from, etc., Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 5.—(Others omit the prep. a.)—

With acc.:

timorem illum satis inanem perfuncti,

App. M. 8, p. 208, 41:

omnia perfunctus vitai praemia marces,

Lucr. 3, 956; cf.:

zeugma multa pro aliquo perpessus atque perfunctus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.—

Absol.:

jam perfunctus sum, explevi animos invidorum,

I have gone through it, have stood it out, Cic. Dom. 17, 44:

judices, quod se perfunctos jam esse arbitrantur, cum de reo judicarunt, neglegentius attendunt cetera,

Cic. Clu. 41, 116.—In a pass. signif.:

memoria perfuncti periculi,

Cic. Sest. 4, 10.—

To enjoy (very rare).

With abl.: omnibus bonis, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 5:

epulis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 227.—

Absol.:

dum aetas tempus tulit, perfuncta satis sum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 18.