funambulus

See also: Funambulus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūnambulus.

Noun

funambulus (plural funambuli)

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

References

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• fūniambulus

Etymology

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

Noun

fūnambulus m (genitive fūnambulī); second declension

1. a rope-dancer, tightrope walker; funambulist

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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
• → Portuguese: funâmbulo
• → 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