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fascis
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:21

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* English: [[fascism]]

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* English: [[fascism]], [[faggot]]

* French: {{l|fr|faix}}

* French: {{l|fr|faix}}

* Italian: [[fascio]]

* Italian: [[fascio]]

Latest revision as of 16:21, 2 October 2011

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[edit] Etymology

From fascio ("to bundle") < Proto-Indo-European, Cognate with Ancient Greek φάκελος (fákelos, "bundle").

[edit] Noun

fascis (genitive fascis); m, third declension

  1. A fagot, fascine; bundle, packet, package, parcel.
  2. A burden, load.
  3. (usually in plural) A bundle carried by lictors before the highest magistrates, consisting of rods and an axe, with which criminals were scourged and beheaded.
  4. A high office, like the consulship.

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative fascis fascēs
genitive fascis fascium
dative fascī fascibus
accusative fascem fascēs 1
ablative fasce fascibus
vocative fascis fascēs

1May also be fascīs.

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[edit] References

  • fascis in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
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