fascis
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle, band”), see also Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“together”), Old English bæst (“inner bark of the linden tree”), Welsh baich (“load, burden”), Middle Irish basc (“neckband”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfas.kis/, [ˈfäs̠kɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfaʃ.ʃis/, [ˈfäʃːis]
Noun
fascis m (genitive fascis); third declension
- A faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package, parcel.
- A burden, load.
- (usually in the plural) A bundle carried by lictors before the highest magistrates, consisting of rods and an axe, with which criminals were scourged and beheaded.
- A high office, like the consulship.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fascis | fascēs |
| Genitive | fascis | fascium |
| Dative | fascī | fascibus |
| Accusative | fascem | fascēs fascīs |
| Ablative | fasce | fascibus |
| Vocative | fascis | fascēs |