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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.
(α). 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.—
(β). 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.—
(δ). 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.
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