noun

fungus

gen. fungi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

for sfungus, kindred to σφόγγος, σπόγγος, the initial s suppressed as in fallo, fides, nurus, etc.; cf. funis, and v. the letter S.

a mushroom; moril

a mushroom, moril, fungus.

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Lit.: satis esse nobis non magis hoc potis est quam imber fungo, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 33; Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 96; Hor. S. 2, 4, 20.—

by extension

A soft-pated fellow; a dolt •

A soft-pated fellow, a dolt: stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2; so id. ib. 2, 3, 49; 4, 7, 23.—

A fungous excrescence •

A fungous excrescence on the human body, Tert. Spect. 23; cf.: fungo simile ulcus, Cels. 6, 18, 11.—On the olive-tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 223.—

A collection of lamp-black on the wick of a candle; lamp; a candle-snuff

A collection of lamp-black on the wick of a candle or lamp, a candle-snuff, Verg. G. 1, 392.

Perseus ID: n19070 Key: fungus