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Functio

Functio is a Latin noun meaning function, performance, or office. In classical Latin, it referred to the act of performing a task, the discharge of an official duty, or the role or purpose of something.

Grammatically, functio is a feminine noun of the third declension; nominative functio and genitive functionis.

In usage, the term can refer to the function of a device (its purpose or operation), the

It is the etymological source of many modern terms for "function" in European languages, including English function,

In scholarly Latin, functio appears in discussions across philosophy, theology, law, and medicine to denote what

Today, functio survives mainly in historical, philological, and Latin-language contexts, and it is commonly encountered in

duties
or
office
held
by
a
person,
or
the
physiological
or
natural
role
of
a
body
part.
French
fonction,
Spanish
función,
and
Italian
funzione.
something
is
supposed
to
do
or
the
role
it
serves.
In
biology
and
anatomy,
Latin
authors
may
use
functio
to
describe
the
function
of
organs,
though
modern
scientific
writing
often
uses
more
specialized
terminology.
dictionaries
and
discussions
of
the
origin
of
the
English
word
function.