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|lshtext=<b>funda</b>: ae, f. Sanscr. spandē, [[itch]]; Gr. [[σφαδάζω]]>, to [[move]] convulsively; [[σφοδρός]], [[σφεδανός]]>, [[impassioned]]; [[σφενδόνη]]>; cf. 3. fūsus,<br /><b>I</b> a [[sling]].<br /><b>I</b> 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, 35 fin.; 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> That [[which]] is thrown [[with]] a [[sling]], the [[sling]]-[[stone]], [[missile]],, Sil. 10, 152. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A casting-[[net]], [[drag]]-[[net]], Verg. G. 1, 141.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> (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).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[money]]-[[bag]], [[purse]], Macr. S. 2, 4 fin.>