fasces
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin fasces, plural of fascis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fasces
- 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
[edit]- Chinese: 法西斯 (fǎxīsī)
Translations
[edit]bundle
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfas.keːs/, [ˈfäs̠keːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfaʃ.ʃes/, [ˈfäʃːes]
Noun
[edit]fascēs
References
[edit]- 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
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