fascis
fascis lat. 'Bündel'
Aus uig. *bʰask- „Bündel, Band“, siehe auch protokeltisches *baskis „Bündel, Ladung“, agr. φάκελος phákelos, „Bündel“, albanisch bashkë „zusammen“ , altenglisch bæst „innere Rinde der Linde“, walisisch baich „Last, Bürde“, mittelirisch basc („Nackenband“).
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 |