noun · masculinethird declension
fascis
fascis m (genitive fascis)
Classical[ˈfas.kɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfaʃ.ʃis]
Meaning
- masculineA faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package, parcel.
- masculineA burden, load.
- masculineplural normallyA bundle carried by lictors before the highest magistrates, consisting of rods and an axe, with which criminals were scourged and beheaded.
- masculineA high office, like the consulship.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fascis | fascēs |
| genitive | fascis | fascium |
| dative | fascī | fascibus |
| accusative | fascem | fascēs fascīs |
| ablative | fasce | fascibus |
| vocative | fascis | fascēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- fasces praeferre, summittere
- to walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces.
fascis, is, m. cf. φάκελος, fascia, but v fido,
I. a bundle of wood, twigs, straw, reeds, etc.
I. A fagot, fascine; a packet, parcel.
A. In gen. (rare):
fasces stramentorum ac virgultorum, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6: lignorum, Tac. A. 13, 35: magno comites in fasce libelli, Juv. 7, 107: tot crimina, tot reos uno velut fasce complecti, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9.—Trop., of a crowd of people, Vulg. Isa. 24, 22.—B. A burden, load:
Romanus in armis Injusto sub fasce viam cum carpit, i. e. soldiers' baggage, Verg. G. 3, 347; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 26 Spald.: (apes) saepe ultro animam sub fasce dedēre, under the burden, Verg. G. 4, 204: ego hoc te fasce levabo, id. E. 9, 65: venales humero fasces portare, id. M. 80.— II. In partic., in plur. fasces, a bundle carried before the highest magistrates, and consisting of rods and an axe, with which criminals were scourged and beheaded.
A. Prop.:
lictores duo, duo viminei fasces virgarum, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 26: ut sibi (Tullo Hostilio) duodecim lictores cum fascibus anteire liceret, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 17: anteibant lictores cum fascibus duobus, id. Agr. 2, 34, 93: fasces praetoribus praeferuntur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22: Publicola statim secures de fascibus demi jussit, id. Rep. 2, 31: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered (as a mark of respect) before the people, id. ib. 1, 40, 62; cf.: P. Valerius fasces primus demitti jussit, id. ib. 2, 31; for which: (P. Valerius) summissis fascibus in contionem escendit, Liv. 2, 7, 7; cf. under B.: paulo ante dimissi fasces, surrendered, Plin. Pan. 61, 7: praecedebant incompta signa, versi fasces, at the funeral of Germanicus, Tac. A. 3, 2 init.: neque in litteris, neque in fascibus insignia laureae praetulit, Caes. B. C. 3, 71, 3; cf.: visus C. Marius cum fascibus laureatis, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; so, laureati, id. Att. 8, 3, 5: imperatorii, Tac. A. 13, 9.— 2. Meton., a high office, esp. the consulship (poet.):
qui petere a populo fasces saevasque secures Imbibit, Lucr. 3, 1009: illum non populi fasces, non purpura regum Flexit, Verg. G. 2, 495: ut si Detulerit fasces indigno, detrahet idem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 34; id. S. 1, 6, 97: et titulis et fascibus olim Major habebatur donandi gloria, Juv. 5, 110; Sil. 11, 152.—Of royalty: diadema Quirini Et fasces meruit, Juv. 8, 260.—* B. Trop., to give place, to acknowledge one's inferiority:
cum tibi aetas nostra jam cederet fascesque summitteret, Cic. Brut. 6, 22.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fascis is, m
FASC-, a bundle, fagot, fascine, packet, parcel : sarmentorum, L.: comites in fasce libelli, Iu.— A burden, load : Romanus Iniusto sub fasce, i. e. soldiers' baggage , V.: (apes) animam sub fasce dedēre, V.—Plur, a bundle of rods with an axe, carried before the highest magistrates, as an emblem of authority : imperi populi R. fasces: anteibant lictores cum fascibus bini: fasces praetoribus praeferuntur: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered before the people : fasces versi (at a consul's funeral), Ta.: Marius cum fascibus laureatis. —Fig.: cum tibi aetas nostra fascis summitteret, yield precedence.—High office, supreme power : fascibus conreptis, i. e. usurping the government , S.: Illum non populi fasces, non purpura regum Flexit, V.: si Detulerit fascīs indigno, i. e. the consulship , H.: fasces meruit, the throne , Iu.
Origins
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰaskyo- (“bundle”), whence also perhaps Welsh baich (“load, burden”) and Middle Irish basc (“neckband”). Given the restriction to Italo-Celtic, it is not certain whether the term dates back to Proto-Indo-European. The term has been connected to Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos) and Ancient Greek βάσκιοι (báskioi), though De Vaan rejects this proposal on account of the irregular variation within Greek and the lack of an exact formal match. Thus also, not known to have any relation to fascinum. Moreover, the term has been connected to Albanian bashkë (“together”). According to Kroonen, the term is probably not connected with Germanic forms such as Old English bæst.
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishfajofrom Aragonese faixo
- Spanishfejefrom Asturian feixe
- Portuguesefeixefrom Old Galician-Portuguese feixe
- Portuguesefeixofrom Old Galician-Portuguese feixe
- Spanishhaz
- Extremaduranhaci
- Galicianfeixefrom Old Galician-Portuguese feixe
- Galicianfeixofrom Old Galician-Portuguese feixe
- Galicianfeixfrom Old Galician-Portuguese feixe
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanfeix
- Occitanfais
- Frenchfaixfrom Old French fais
Borrowings
- Englishfasces
- Romanianfascie
- Chinese法西斯
- Xibeᡫᠠᠰᡞᠰ
Italo-Romance
- Italianfascio
In English words that came into English from fascis
- fascinefascīna
- fasciclefasciculus
- fasciculefasciculus
- fagotfascis
- fasciculusfasciculus