LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, deponent

fungor

fungor (present infinitive fungī, perfect active fūnctus sum)
Classical[ˈfʊŋ.ɡɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈfuŋ.ɡor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto perform, execute, administer, discharge, finish, complete or end something, observe (with ablative of the task or function)
    vice alicuius fungorto deputise for someone
    eodem illo munere fungebaturWas performing the same functionc. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.25

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.fungorfungēbarfungar———
2nd sg.fungeris
fungere		fungēbāris
fungēbāre		fungēris
fungēre		———
3rd sg.fungiturfungēbāturfungētur———
1st pl.fungimurfungēbāmurfungēmur———
2nd pl.fungiminīfungēbāminīfungēminī———
3rd pl.fungunturfungēbanturfungentur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.fungarfungerer——
2nd sg.fungāris
fungāre		fungerēris
fungerēre		——
3rd sg.fungāturfungerētur——
1st pl.fungāmurfungerēmur——
2nd pl.fungāminīfungerēminī——
3rd pl.funganturfungerentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.fungere—
pres. 2nd pl.fungiminī—
fut. 2nd sg.fungitor—
fut. 3rd sg.fungitor—
fut. 3rd pl.funguntor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivefungī—
perfect infinitivefūnctum esse—
future infinitivefūnctūrum esse—
present participlefungēns—
perfect participlefūnctus
fūncta, fūnctā, fūnctae, fūnctam, fūnctārum, fūnctās, fūncte, fūnctī, fūnctīs, fūnctō, fūnctōrum, fūnctōs		—
future participlefūnctūrus
fūnctūra, fūnctūrā, fūnctūrae, fūnctūram, fūnctūrārum, fūnctūrās, fūnctūre, fūnctūrī, fūnctūrīs, fūnctūrō, fūnctūrōrum, fūnctūrōs, fūnctūrum		fungendus
fungundus, fungenda, fungendā, fungendae, fungendam, fungendārum, fungendās, fungende, fungendīs, fungendōrum, fungendōs, fungunda, fungundā, fungundae, fungundam, fungundārum, fungundās, fungunde, fungundī, fungundīs, fungundō, fungundōrum, fungundōs, fungundum
gerundfungendī, fungendō, fungendumsupinefūnctum, fūnctū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

officio suo fungi
to do one's duty.
munere fungi, muneri praeesse
to perform official duties.
supremo officio in aliquem fungi
to perform the last rites for a person.
militia functum, perfunctum esse
to retire from service.
virtutis perfectae perfecto munere fungi (Tusc. 1. 45. 109)
to live a perfect life.

fungor, functus, fungi, v. dep. kindred to Sanscr. bhuj-, frui,
I. 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, 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.—
(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.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *fungōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰu-né-g-ti (with nasal infix), from *bʰewg- (“to enjoy, to be of use”).

Elsewhere
  • Englishfungible
  • Germanfungieren
  • Carpathian Rusynфунґова́ти
  • Czechfungovat
  • Danishfungere
  • Dutchfungeren
  • Norwegianfungere
  • Slovakfungovať
  • Swedishfungera
Italo-Romance
  • Italianfungere
  • Sicilianfùnciri
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishfungir

In English words that came into English from fungor

  • functionfunctiō
  • defunctdēfunctus
  • fungiblefungibilis
  • perfunctoryperfunctōrius
  • defunctiondēfūnctiō
  • functfunctus

Quick answers

What does fungor mean in Latin?
fungor, a verb, means “to perform, execute, administer, discharge, finish, complete or end something, observe (with ablative of the task or function)”.
What are the principal parts of fungor?
fungor, fungī, fūnctus sum (third conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce fungor?
In classical Latin, [ˈfʊŋ.ɡɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfuŋ.ɡor].
Which English words come from fungor?
English words that go back to Latin fungor include funct, function, fungible, perfunctory, defunct and defunction.