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|lshtext=<b>fūnis</b>: is, m. (<br /><b>I</b> fem., Lucr. 2, 1154; ap. Gell. 13, 20, 21, and Non. 205, 22; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 6) [perh. for fudnis, [[root]] in Sanscr. bandh-, [[bind]]; cf. Gr. [[πεῖσμα]]>, [[rope]]; kindr. [[with]] [[σχοῖνος]]>], a [[rope]], [[sheet]], [[line]], [[cord]] (syn.: [[restis]], [[rudens]]): funes dicti, [[quod]] [[antea]] in usum luminis circumdati [[cera]], [[unde]] et funalia, Isid. Orig. 19, 4; [[Cato]], R. R. 135, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22; Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 5; 3, 14, 6; 4, 29, 3 al.; Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 4; Verg. A. 2, 262; Ov. M. 8, 777 et saep.: patiatur [[necesse]] est illam per funes ingredientium tarditatem, i. e. of the [[rope]]-dancers, Quint. 2, 14, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prov.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Funem ducere or sequi, to [[lead]] or [[follow]] the [[rope]], i. e. to [[command]] or [[serve]] (the [[fig]]. [[being]] [[most]] [[probably]] [[that]] of an [[animal]] led by a [[rope]]): imperat aut servit [[collecta]] [[pecunia]] cuique, Tortum digna sequi [[potius]] [[quam]] ducere funem, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Funem reducere, to [[pull]] [[back]] the [[rope]], i. e. to [[change]] one's [[mind]], Pers. 5, 118.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Funem in diversa distendere, to [[dispute]] pro and con, Tert. Pudic. 2; adv. Marc. 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> Ut, [[quod]] aiunt [[Graeci]], ex incomprehensibili parvitate arenae funise effici non possit (Gr. ἐξἄμμου [[σχοινίον]] πλέκειν), to [[make]] a [[rope]] of [[sand]], i. e. to [[perform]] the [[impossible]], Col. 10 praef. § 4 fin.