fūnambŭlus, i, m. [funis-ambulo],
a rope-dancer , Ter. Hec. 4; 34; Suet. Galb. 6.—Transf.: tu funambule pudicitiae et castitatis, Tert. de Pudic. 10. —Called also fūnĭambŭlus , Aug. in Psa. 39, 9.
fūnambulus ī, m funis+ambulo, a ropedancer : in funambulo Animum occupare, T. ...
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·noun A ropewalker or ropedancer. ...
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