fascinum

== English == === Etymology === From the Latin fascinum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæsɪnəm/ === Noun === fascinum (plural fascina) (historical, occult) An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites. == Latin == === Alternative forms === fascinus === Etymology === Unknown; compare Ancient Greek βάσκανος (báskanos, “sorcerer, slanderer”, adjective and noun), possibly from the same European substrate language. Not known to have any relation to fascis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfas.kɪ.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaʃ.ʃi.num] === Noun === fascinum n (genitive fascinī); second declension (originally) a charm, spell, witchcraft (by extension) a phallus-shaped amulet worn around the neck as a preventive against witchcraft a penis, phallus, especially that of a human an artificial phallus, dildo a kind of seashell ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== fascinō fascinōsus praefiscini ==== Related terms ==== fascinātiō fascinātor fascinātōrius ==== Descendants ==== → English: fascinum Italian: fascino ⇒ Portuguese: fascínio === References === “fascinum” on page 743 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012) === Further reading === “fascinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fascinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fascinum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “fascinum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “fascinum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin