fundus

See also: Fundus

English

Human Stomach schematic showing location of fundus

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

Etymology

From Latin fundus (“bottom”). Doublet of fund.

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

Translations

of the eye

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 眼底 (zh)

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Verb

fundus

1. conditional of fundi

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn. Confer with the similar treatment in Ancient Greek πύνδαξ (púndax, “bottom”). 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/, [ˈfʊn̪.d̪ʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.dus/, [ˈfun̪.d̪us]

Noun

fundus m (genitive fundī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fundus	fundī
Genitive	fundī	fundōrum
Dative	fundō	fundīs
Accusative	fundum	fundōs
Ablative	fundō	fundīs
Vocative	funde	fundī

Antonyms

• (bottom): vertex

Derived terms

• adfundō
• funditus
• fundō
• fundulus
• profundus

Related terms

• fundāmen
• fundāmentum
• fundātiō

• fundātor
• fundātus

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: fundu, afundu, fund
  • Romanian: fund
• Italian: fondo
• Old French:
  • French: fond (see there for further descendants)
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: fondu
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: fons
  • Occitan: fons
• Old Portuguese: fundo, fondo
  • Galician: fundo, fondo
  • Portuguese: fundo
• Old Spanish: fondo
  • Spanish: fondo, hondo
    • → Cebuano: pundo
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: font, fonz
  • Ladin: fond
• Sardinian: fundhu, fundu, funnu
• Sicilian: funnu
• Venetian: fondo
• → Albanian: fund, fun, funn
• → Spanish: fundo

References

• fundus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fundus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fundus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fundus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin