fasces Copy link • fasces: a Latin word, fascēs, ium, m.: the lictors went before with the two f., anteibant lictores cum duobus fascibus, Cic.: the f. are carried before the praetors, f. praetoribus praeferuntur, Cic.: to lower the f. before the people, f. demittere, summittere, populo, Cic.: Liv.: f. decked with laurel, f. laureati, Cic.