Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    Faszes, Liktorenbündel

    фасцииfascii, фасцыfascy

    bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
bundle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bundle:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin fascēs (plural of fascis).

Borrowed from Latin fascēs (plural of fascis).

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Forms

plural: fasces
Singularfasces
Pluralfasces

irregular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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