fundus

English

Wikipedia

Human Stomach schematic showing location of fundus

Fundi, sulci, and gyri in a section across a human brain

Etymology

From Latin fundus (“bottom”).

Noun

fundus (plural fundi)

1. (anatomy) the large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially
   1. the top, hollow portion of the uterus and
   2. the back, interior part of the eye, accommodating the retina and associated blood vessels, etc.
   3. the uppermost hollow of the stomach, which in humans forms a bulge above where the oesophagus enters the stomach.
   4. the deepest part of a sulcus, such as the sulci in the human cerebral cortex.

Derived terms

• fundectomy
• fundic
• fundusectomy

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Esperanto

Verb

fundus

1. conditional of fundi

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn. Cognates include Sanskrit बुध्न (budhna), Persian بن (bon, “root, bottom”), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom”), and Old English botm (English bottom).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.dus/

Noun

fundus m (genitive fundī); second declension

1. bottom, lowest part,
2. farm, piece of land, estate
3. ground
4. foundation
5. an authority

Inflection

Second declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fundus	fundī
genitive	fundī	fundōrum
dative	fundō	fundīs
accusative	fundum	fundōs
ablative	fundō	fundīs
vocative	funde	fundī

Derived terms

• funditus
• fundō
• fundulus
• profundus

Related terms

• fundāmen
• fundāmentum
• fundātiō

• fundātor
• fundātus

Descendants

• Albanian: fund
• Aromanian: fund, fundu
• Asturian: fondu
• Catalan: fons
• English: fund
• French: fond
• Friulian: font, fonz
• Italian: fondo
• Ladin: fond

• Occitan: fons
• Portuguese: fundo
• Romanian: fund
• Russian: фонд (fond)
• Sardinian: fundhu, fundu, funnu
• Sicilian: funnu
• Spanish: fondo, fundo, hondo
• Translingual: Fundulus
• Venetian: fondo

References

• fundus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879