fasces

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fasces, plural of fascis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæsiːz/, enPR: fas'-eez Rhymes: -æsiːz === Noun === 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 ==== → Hindi: फ़ासी (fāsī) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === fasces on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfas.keːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaʃ.ʃes] === Noun === fascēs nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fascis === References === "fasces", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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