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)
• Hindi: फ़ासी (fāsī)

Translations

bundle

Chinese: Mandarin: 束棒 (shùbàng) Danish: fasces pl, liktorbundt n Finnish: fasces French: faisceau (fr) m German: Faszes pl, Liktorenbündel n Greek: φάσκες m pl (fáskes) Icelandic: axarvöndur m Italian: fascio (it) m fascio littorio (it) m Japanese: 束桿 Macedonian: фасции pl (fascii) Portuguese: fasces m pl Russian: фасции (ru) pl (fascii), фасцы pl (fascy)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfas.keːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaʃ.ʃes]

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