fūnambŭlus, i, m. [funis-ambulo], a rope-dancer, Ter. Hec. prol. 4; prol. alt. 26; Suet. Galb. 6. Transf.: tu funambule pudicitiae et castitatis, Tert. de Pudic. 10. Called also fūnĭambŭlus, Aug. in Psa. 39, 9.