fascis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fascis, fascis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
bundles of rods (w/ax) (pl.); (carried by lictors before high Roman magistrate);; bundle (esp. sticks/books sg.); faggot; packet, parcel; burden, load;; power/office of magistrate; bundle (esp. sticks/books); faggot; burden/load;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...humanas vis abdita quaedam opterit et pulchros fascis saevasque secures proculcare ac ludibrio sibi habere videtur. denique..." - D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...illis.] ancilla natus trabeam et diadema Quirini et fascis meruit, regum ultimus ille bonorum. prodita laxabant portarum claustra..." Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quae damus, in caelo Romulus esse solet. XVII. Fascis coliculi. Ne tibi pallentes moveant fastidia caules, nitrata viridis..."- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...religione parentum. hic sceptra accipere et primos attollere fascis regibus omen erat; hoc illis curia templum, hae sacris..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...utendum eventu: Pisonem, non Sentium Syriae praepositum; huic fascis et ius praetoris, huic legiones datas. si quid hostile..."