funalis

fūnālis, e, adj. [funis],

• consisting of or attached to a rope or cord: equus, an extra horse yoked to a chariot, but attached to it at the side of the others by a rope or trace, a trace-horse, Suet. Tib. 6; Stat. Th. 6, 462; Aus. Epit. 35, 10; Hyg. Fab. 183: cereus, a wax-torch, Val. Max. 3, 6, 4; called also candela, Serv. Verg. A. 11, 143; cf. II. B.—
• II Subst.: fūnāle, is, n.
• • A A cord or thong of a sling: funda media duo funalia imparia habebat, Liv. 42, 65, 10.—More freq.,
  • B A wax-torch or taper (cf.: taeda, fax, candela): funale λαμπάδιον, funalia δαλοί, Gloss. Philox.; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 10, 5; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 727; 11, 143: C. Duilius delectabatur crebro funali et tibicine, Cic. de Sen. 13, 44: noctem flammis funalia vincunt, Verg. A. 1, 727: lucida, Hor. C. 3, 26, 7: clara, Sil. 6, 667.—
  • • 2 Transf., a chandelier, i. q. candelabrum, Ov. M. 12, 247; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 10, 5.

fūnālis, e (funis), zum Seile (zur Schnur) gehörig, I) adi.: stridor, der Schnur am Schleuderriemen (s. fundano. I), Prud. psych. 293. – Insbes.: a) = aus einem Seile (Stricke) bestehend, cereus, Wachsfackel, Cic. de sen. 44. Val. Max. 3, 6, 4: dass. candela, Serv. Verg. Aen. 11, 143. – b) = an der Leine gehend, -ziehend, funalis equus, griech. σειραφόρος ἵππος, das Pferd, das an der Leine, nicht am Joche zieht, das (wie wir sagen) auf der Wildbahn geht, das »Handpferd, Nebenpferd«, deren jedes Viergespann zwei hatte (eins zur Rechten u. eins zur Linken der ζύγιοι, iugarii, d.i. der im Joch ziehenden), Hyg. fab. 183. Suet. Tib. 6, 4. Stab. Theb. 6, 462: laevus Arion funalis eat, Auson. epitaph. 31, 10 zw. – II) subst., fūnāle, is, n., die Fackel, Wachsfackel (vgl. Isid. orig. 19, 4, 1 u. 20, 10, 5), funalia lucida, Hor.: praelucere funalia iussit, Flor.: funalia ordine ducta, Art Kronleuchter, Claud.: dah. Sing. kollektiv = ein Kronleuchter, Ov. met. 12, 247. – übtr., die Leuchte, das Licht, tuae luculentae sapientiae funalia caliginare, Fulg. contin. Verg. p. 162 M.

1 funalis v. fimalis

2 funalis [CL] 1 made of rope; b (w. ref. to measuring rope). ~e, raplic GlP 851; ~i ergo machine cum ceteris in tectum levata contignationem explevit W. Malm. GP V 216.  b ~is, gemetlic GlH F 882. 2 (as sb. n.) rope (in quot., part of ship’s gear). naves terre deducunt, mala submittunt, ~ia domibus includunt, hyemandi signum Osb. Bawdsey clxvii. 3 (as sb. n.) torch of wax- or tallow-soaked rope, candle. ~ia, lucernarum stuppae GlC F 426 (cf. ib. 377: ~ia, condel; ib. 419: ~ia cerei, waexcondel); sic tremulas vibrant subter testudine templi / ordinibus variis funalia pendula flammas Æthelwulf Abb. 627; ~ia cerei, i. candela de cere, wexcandel, vel lucernarum stuppe GlH F 879; ~ia, i. candelabra ‥ ~ia Graeci dicunt scolaces quod sint †scolicie [l. scoliae], hoc est †mortis [l. intorti] GlH F 878, 881 (cf. Isid. Etym. XX 10. 5); ~e, ruffe, candyl PP; the ruffe of a candle, †finale Levins Manip. 183.

fūnālis, (16) e (funis), de corde ; funalis equus Suet. Tib. 6, cheval de volée [attaché en dehors du timon] || subst. m. , funalis cereus Val. Max. 3, 6, 4, chandelle.

funalis , e. adj. (funis.)
繩者。— cereus 蠟燭。— equus 拉車之馬。

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FUNALIS

FUNA´LISa link or taper, used in the same manner as a torch [FAX], but made of papyrus and other fibrous plants, twisted like a rope, and smeared with pitch and wax. It was indeed, as Antipater describes it, a light coated with wax (λαμπὰς κηροχίτων, Brunck, Anal. 2.112 = Anth. Pal. 6.249). Cereus is both adjective and substantive, and either an epithet or a synonym of funalis: funalem cereum, Val. Max.; delectabatur cereo (old edd. crebro) [funali] et tibicine, Cic. de Sen. 13.44, where funali is bracketed, perhaps unnecessarily, as a gloss on cereo (Reid); cereus subst., Plaut. Curc. 1.1, 9; Cic. de Off. 3.2. 0, § 80; Senec. de Brev. Vit. extr.; Epist. 122.10; Mart. 5.18, 14.42-Z2; Macrob Sat. 1.7.33. Funales are sculptured upon an ancient sepulchral marble preserved in the church of Santa Giustina at Padua (Pignor. de Servis, p. 259) and figured by Rich (s. v. Funale). At the Saturnalia they were presented by clients to their superiors, and were lighted in honour of Saturn (Antipater, l. c.; Macrob. l. c.), sometimes on other occasions (Cic. de Off. l. c.). Compare the preceding article.

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Funālis

A taper, used in the same manner as a torch (see Fax), but made of papyrus and other fibrous plants, twisted like a rope and smeared with pitch and wax. It was, indeed, as Antipater describes it, “a light coated with wax” (Anth. Pal. vi. 249). At the Saturnalia, funales were presented by clients to their patrons, and were lighted in honour of Saturn, sometimes on other occasions ( De Off. iii. 20). The neuter, funale, denotes a sort of chandelier for holding torches (Ovid, Met. xii. 247).