fascis

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • A faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package, parcel.
  • A burden, load.
  • (usually in 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (bundle, band).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰask-

Gloss

bundle, band

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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