funda, ae, f. [Sanscr. spandē, itch; Gr. σφαδάζω, to move convulsively; σφοδρός, σφεδανός, impassioned; σφενδόνη; cf. 3. fūsus], a sling.
I Lit.: funda dicta eo, quod ex ea fundantur lapides, id est emittantur, Isid. Orig. 18, 10, 1: inde fundis, sagittis, tormentis hostes propelli ac summoveri jussit, Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 1; 5, 35 fin. ; 5, 43, 1; Liv. 38, 29, 4 sq.; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201; Plaut. Poen. 2, 32 sq.; Ter. Eun. 786; Cic. poët. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 73; Verg. G. 1, 309; id. A. 9, 586; Ov. M. 4, 517 al.—
II Transf.
A That which is thrown with a sling, the sling-stone , missile , Sil. 10, 152. —
B A casting-net , drag-net , Verg. G. 1, 141.—
C (From the similarity to the hollow of a sling in which the stone lay, like σφενδόνη.) The hollow of a ring in which a jewel is set , the bezel , Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 116 (in Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38, called pala anuli).—
D A money-bag , purse , Macr. S. 2, 4 fin.