fascis Copy link Outline I. A fagot, fascine; a packet, parcel. ...A. In gen.B. A burden, loadII. In partic., in plur. fasces, a bundle carried before the highest magistrates ...A. Prop.2. Meton., a high office, esp. the consulship ...B. Trop., to give place, to acknowledge one's inferiority ... ⓘfascēs: masc nom/voc/acc pl • fascis, is, m. [cf. φάκελος, fascia, but v fido], a bundle of wood, twigs, straw, reeds, etc. I. A fagot, fascine; a packet, parcel. A. In gen. (rare): fasces stramentorum ac virgultorum, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6: lignorum, Tac. A. 13, 35: magno comites in fasce libelli, Juv. 7, 107: tot crimina, tot reos uno velut fasce complecti, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9.—Trop., of a crowd of people, Vulg. Isa. 24, 22.— B. A burden, load: Romanus in armis Injusto sub fasce viam cum carpit, i. e. soldiers' baggage, Verg. G. 3, 347; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 26 Spald.: (apes) saepe ultro animam sub fasce dedēre, under the burden, Verg. G. 4, 204: ego hoc te fasce levabo, id. E. 9, 65: venales humero fasces portare, id. M. 80.— II. In partic., in plur. fasces, a bundle carried before the highest magistrates, and consisting of rods and an axe, with which criminals were scourged and beheaded. A. Prop.: lictores duo, duo viminei fasces virgarum, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 26: ut sibi (Tullo Hostilio) duodecim lictores cum fascibus anteire liceret, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 17: anteibant lictores cum fascibus duobus, id. Agr. 2, 34, 93: fasces praetoribus praeferuntur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22: Publicola statim secures de fascibus demi jussit, id. Rep. 2, 31: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered (as a mark of respect) before the people, id. ib. 1, 40, 62; cf.: P. Valerius fasces primus demitti jussit, id. ib. 2, 31; for which: (P. Valerius) summissis fascibus in contionem escendit, Liv. 2, 7, 7; cf. under B.: paulo ante dimissi fasces, surrendered, Plin. Pan. 61, 7: praecedebant incompta signa, versi fasces, at the funeral of Germanicus, Tac. A. 3, 2 init.: neque in litteris, neque in fascibus insignia laureae praetulit, Caes. B. C. 3, 71, 3; cf.: visus C. Marius cum fascibus laureatis, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; so, laureati, id. Att. 8, 3, 5: imperatorii, Tac. A. 13, 9.— 2. Meton., a high office, esp. the consulship (poet.): qui petere a populo fasces saevasque secures Imbibit, Lucr. 3, 1009: illum non populi fasces, non purpura regum Flexit, Verg. G. 2, 495: ut si Detulerit fasces indigno, detrahet idem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 34; id. S. 1, 6, 97: et titulis et fascibus olim Major habebatur donandi gloria, Juv. 5, 110; Sil. 11, 152.—Of royalty: diadema Quirini Et fasces meruit, Juv. 8, 260.—* B. Trop., to give place, to acknowledge one's inferiority: cum tibi aetas nostra jam cederet fascesque summitteret, Cic. Brut. 6, 22.
fascis Copy link ⓘfascēs: masc nom/voc/acc pl • fascis, is, m., faisceau, fagot, paquet : Hirt. G. 8, 15, 6 ; Tac. Ann. 13, 35 || paquet, bagage du soldat : Virg. G. 3, 377 ; Quint. 11, 3, 26 ; fardeau Virg. G. 4, 204 ; B. 9, 65 || [fig.] uno fasce Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 9, 9, en un seul corps || fasces, faisceaux [de verges, d'où émergeait le fer d'une hache, que les licteurs portaient devant les premiers magistrats de Rome] : Cic. Agr. 2, 93 ; Verr. 2, 5, 22 ; Rep. 2, 55 ; demittere fasces populo Cic. Rep. 1, 40, faire abaisser les faisceaux devant le peuple || [fig.] fasces alicui submittere Cic. Br. 22, baisser les faisceaux, s'incliner devant qqn || [fig.] dignités, honneurs, pouvoir, [en part.] le consulat : Lucr. 3, 1009 ; Virg. G. 2, 495 ; Hor. S. 1, 6, 97.
fascis Copy link ⓘfascēs: masc nom/voc/acc pl FASCIS is. m. [φάκελος, ἐλλεδανὸς] Lignorum aut alterius cuiuscunque rei ligata congeries, quam ligando facimus. […] 🗁 Page Scan
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.
FASCES Copy link • FASCESfasces. To precede anybody with the fasces, aliquem anteire cum fascibus; fasces alicui praeferre: to order the axes to be taken from the fasces, secures de fascibus demi jubere: to lower the fasces to anybody, fasces demittere or summittere alicui: fasces bound with laurel, fasces laureati.