fasces

fasces

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fasces, plural of fascis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæsiːz/, enPR: fas'-eez
• Rhymes: -æsiːz

Noun

fasces

1. A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism.

Descendants

• Chinese: 法西斯 (fǎxīsī)

Translations

bundle

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: fasces pl, liktorbundt n Finnish: fasces French: faisceau (fr) m German: Faszes pl, Liktorenbündel n Italian: fascio (it) m fascio littorio (it) m Japanese: 束桿 Portuguese: fasces m pl Russian: фасции (ru) pl (fascii), фасцы pl (fascy)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.keːs/, [ˈfäs̠keːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfaʃ.ʃes/, [ˈfäʃːes]

Noun

fascēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fascis

References

• fasces in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “fasces”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fasces”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin