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Verb

fundo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of fundar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfundo/
• Hyphenation: fun‧do

Noun

fundo ‎(accusative singular fundon, plural fundoj, accusative plural fundojn)

1. bottom

Derived terms

• senfunda ‎(“bottomless”)

Japanese

Romanization

fundo

1. rōmaji reading of ふんど

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.doː/, [ˈfʊn.doː]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *hundō (with fūsus for *fussus after fūdī), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-. The change h- > f- is irregular. Cognates include Ancient Greek χέω ‎(khéō) and Old English ġēotan.

Verb

fundō ‎(present infinitive fundere, perfect active fūdī, supine fūsum); third conjugation, limited passive

1. (transitive) I pour out, shed
2. (military) I rout, scatter
3. (transitive) I found, make by smelting
4. (transitive, figuratively) I moisten, wet
5. (transitive) I extend, spread out
6. (transitive) I utter

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• fundo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fundo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fundo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the earth brings forth fruit abundantly: terra fundit fruges
    
  • to write poetry with facility: carmina , versus fundere (De Or. 3. 50)
    
  • property in land; real property: fundi
    
  • to rout the enemy's forces: fundere hostium copias
    
  • to utterly rout the enemy: caedere et fundere hostem
    
  • to utterly rout the enemy: fundere et fugare hostem
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

From fundus ‎(“bottom, lowest point”).

Noun

fundo

1. ablative singular of fundus
2. dative singular of fundus

Verb

fundō ‎(present infinitive fundāre, perfect active fundāvī, supine fundātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I found, establish, lay the foundation
2. (transitive, figuratively) I secure, make firm

Inflection

Derived terms

• fundātus

Descendants

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfũ.du/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfũ.do/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese fundo, fondo, from Latin fundus ‎(“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.

Adjective

fundo m ‎(feminine singular funda, masculine plural fundos, feminine plural fundas, comparable)

1. deep (having its bottom far down).

Synonyms

• profundo

Antonyms

• raso, superficial

Noun

fundo m (plural fundos)

1. bottom

Antonyms

• superfície, topo, cume

Etymology 2

Verb form.

Verb

fundo

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of fundar (I establish)

Etymology 3

Verb form.

Verb

fundo

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of fundir (I smelt, I merge)

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin fundus. Doublet of fondo.

Noun

fundo m ‎(plural fundos)

1. country estate, farm

Etymology 2

See fundar.

Verb

fundo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of fundar.

Etymology 3

See fundir.

Verb

fundo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of fundir.

Swahili

fundo

Noun

fundo (needs class)

1. knot (looping)