funambulus

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin fūnambulus. === Noun === funambulus (plural funambuli) (obsolete) A funambulist; a tightrope walker. ==== Related terms ==== funambulist === 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 a rope-dancer, tightrope walker; funambulist Synonym: fūnirēpus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: funàmbul → English: funambulus → French: funambule → Portuguese: funâmbulo → Sicilian: funàmmulu → 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