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fascĭa (fa/scea), ae, f. [kindred with fascis], a band, bandage, swathe, girth, fillet.

  1. I. Prop. (to bind up diseased parts of the body; to wrap round the feet to prevent the boots from rubbing them; to bind under the breasts of women; a headband set with pearls, etc.; syn.: redimiculum, vitta, infula, diadema): devinctus erat fasciis, Cic. Brut. 60, 217; Suet. Dom. 17; id. Galb. 21; Gell. 16, 3, 4; cf.: fasciis crura vestiuntur, Quint. 11, 3, 144: cum vincirentur pedes fasciis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 537, 5; id. Att. 2, 3, 1 (cf. with Val. Max. 6, 2, 7); Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 221; Dig. 34, 2, 25 (with pedules); Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40 al.: carnem praependentem fascia substringere, Suet. Galb. 21: brachio lanis fasciisque obvoluto, id. Dom. 17: inflatum circa fascia pectus eat, Ov. A. A. 3, 274; Mart. 14, 134: vides illum Scythiae regem, insigni capitis decorum? si vis illum aestimare, fasciam solve: multum mali sub illa latet, Sen. Ep. 80 fin.; so of a diadem, Suet. Caes. 79: puero fasciis opus est, cunis, incunabulis, i. e. swaddling-cloths, Plaut. Truc. 5, 13: somniasse se, ovum pendere ex fascia lecti sui cubicularis, a bed-girth, Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; Mart. 5, 62, 5; 14, 159: uvas sole siccatas junci fasciis involvit, bands of rushes, mats, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 66: nitor, qualem Bruttia praestabat calidi tibi fascia visci, plaster, Juv. 9, 14.
    Prov.: non es nostrae fasciae, i. e. of our rank or condition, Petr. 46.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. * A. The casing of a door, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 20; and 86, 10.
    2. * B. In archit., a wreath round a pillar, a listel, Vitr. 3, 3 med.
    3. * C. A streak of cloud in the sky: nil color hic caeli, nil fascia nigra minatur, Juv. 14, 294.
    4. * D. A zone of the earth: orbi terrae in quinque zonas, sive melius fascias dico, discernitur, Mart. Cap. 6, §§ 602, 607.

‡ fascĭātim (-ĕātim), adv. [fascis], in bundles, acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 20, one of a class of adverbs which some grammarians improperly regard as a distinct part of speech.

* fascĭcŭlārĭa, ōrum, n. [fasciculus], things carried in bundles (as wood, hay, etc.), Veg. Mil. 2, 19 fin.

fascĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [fascis], a small bundle, packet (class.): epistolarum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 4; so of packets of letters, id. Att. 2, 13, 1; 5, 11, 7; 12, 53: librorum, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 12: fasciculum ad nares admovebis? a bunch of flowers, nosegay, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: linum in fasciculos manuales colligatum siccatur in sole, Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 16; Vulg. Matt. 13, 30.

* fascĭger, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [fascis-gero], bearing the fasces: honor, i. e. the consulship, Paul. Nol. 321.

* fascīna, ae, f. [fascis], a bundle of sticks, fagot, Cato, R. R. 37, 5.

fascĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [fascino], an enchanting, bewitching, witchcraft, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35; 28, 8, 27, § 101; Vulg. Sap. 4, 12.

‡ fascĭnātor, ōris, m. [fascino], an enchanter, Primas. in Ep. ad Galat. c. 3: fascinator, βάσκανος, Gloss. Vet.

* fascĭnātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [fascino], of or belonging to enchantment or witchcraft: lingua, Serv. Verg. E. 7, 28.

fascĭno, āre, v. a. [cf. Gr. βάσκανος, βασκαίνω, v. fascinum], to enchant, bewitch, charm, fascinate by the eyes or the tongue: nescio quis teneros oculus mihi fascinat agnos, Verg. E. 3, 103: malā linguā, Cat. 7, 12: contra fascinantes, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 40: animal fascinatum, Veg. Vet. 7, 73: vos non obedire veritati, Vulg. Galat. 3, 1.

* fascĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [fascinum], with a large fascinum: poëta fascinosior, Auct. Priap. 79 fin.

fascĭnum, i, n. (-ĭnus, i, m.) [quasi bascanum, βάσκανον, Cloat. Ver. ap. Gell. 16, 12, 4; but cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 16].

  1. I. A bewitching, witchcraft, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96; Symm. Ep. 1, 7.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. I. q. membrum virile (because an image of it was hung round the necks of children as a preventive against witchcraft; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 97 Müll.), Hor. Epod. 8, 18; Petr. 138; Arn. 5, 176.
      Also in the form fascinus, i. m., Verg. Cat. 5, 20; and personified, Fascĭnus, i, as a deity, the Phallus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39.
    2. B. A kind of sea-shell, App. Mag. p. 297, 11.

fascĭo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [fascia], to envelop with bands, to swathe (post-Aug. and very rare): fasciato trunco, Mart. 12, 57, 12; Capitol. Anton. 13.
Pass., Vulg. Ezech. 30, 21.

fascĭŏla (fascē̆), ae, f. dim. [fascia], a small bandage for the legs, Varr. L. L. 5, § 130; Hor. S. 2, 3, 255; Vop. Aur. 4; Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44.

fascis, is, m. [cf. φάκελος, fascia, but v fido], a bundle of wood, twigs, straw, reeds, etc.

  1. I. A fagot, fascine; a packet, parcel.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
  2. 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.
    1. 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, id. 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.
      1. 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.
    2. * B. Trop., to give place, to acknowledge one’s inferiority: cum tibi aetas nostra jam cederet fascesque summitteret, Cic. Brut. 6, 22.