fascia

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

• 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 (905): 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.—
• II Transf. *
• • A The casing of a door, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 20; and 86, 10.—*
  • B In archit., a wreath round a pillar, a listel, Vitr. 3, 3 med.—*
  • C A streak of cloud in the sky: nil color hic caeli, nil fascia nigra minatur, Juv. 14, 294.—*
  • D A zone of the earth: orbi terrae in quinque zonas, sive melius fascias dico, discernitur, Mart. Cap. 6, §§ 602, 607.

fascia (fascea), ae, f. (vgl. fascis), die Binde, das Band, der Streifen Zeug, I) eig.: 1) im allg.: gew. im Plur., Bandagen, zum Umwickeln kranker od. wunder Körperteile, Cic. u.a.: zum Unterbinden des Unterleibs, Gell.: zum Befestigen der Schuhe, Cic. u. Plin. – 2) insbes.: a) Beinbinden, Schenkelbinden, als Tracht der Weichlinge, Cic. u.a.; vgl. Casaub. Suet. Aug. 82. Salmasius Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40. – b) fasciae = zona, der Leibgurt od. -schurz, Iustin. 38, 1, 9. – c) die von den Frauen benutzte Binde, um dem zu vollen Busen festen Halt zu geben, das Busenband, Prop., Ov. u. Tac.: vollst. fascia pectoralis, Mart. 14, 134 lemm. Hieron. epist. 22, 6. Vulg. Isai. 3, 24 u. Ierem 2, 32. – d) die Kopfbinde, das Diadem (ein schmales Band zum Zusammenfassen der Haare), Sen. u. Suet.: fascia purpurae ac conchylii, eine Kopfbinde aus Purpur u. Perlen, Suet. – e) der Gurt am Bette, fascia lecti cubicularis, Cic. de div. 2, 134: abruptā fascia reste iacet, Mart. 5, 62, 6; vgl. 14, 159, 1. – f) das Perlenband, fascia cylindrorum LX III, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 2060. – g) fasciae = Wickelbänder für Wiegenkinder, Plaut. truc. 905. – h) bildl., non es nostrae fasciae, du gehörst nicht zu unserer Zunft, Petron. 46, 1. – II) übtr.: 1) als t. t. der Baukunst = der Streifen an den Säulen, Vitr. 3, 4, 11. – 2) der Gürtel (die Zone) der Erde, Mart. Cap. 6. § 602 u. § 607. – 3) ein Wolkenstreif, -saum am Himmel, Iuven. 14, 294. – 4) der den Baum unmittelbar umschließende Splint, Pallad. 3, 17, 2.

fascia [CL] 1 strip of cloth, bandage (also fig.). b swaddling band (for baby). c winding-cloth (for corpse). ~ia, sweðel GlC F 23; c795 memento mitissimam Samaritani mentem qui vulneratum ‥ pietatis ~ia ligavit Alcuin Ep. 86; non ligant frontes eorum qui sunt confirmati honeste cum ~ia aliqua munda T. Chobham Conf. 195; quem celi cingere non potest fascia, / in brevi cingitur ventris fidelia Walt. Wimb. Carm. 108; ~ie debent proportionari in longitudine et latitudine membris ligandis Gad. 123. 1; hec ~ia, †feisse[MS: fasse] Gl. AN Glasg. f. 21.  b panni ubi fuit ligatus Christus in nativitate sua et ~ia et lintheamen Descr. Constant. 246; [Iphigenia] dee [sc. Diane] simulacrum in quibusdam †fastis [sic] deferebat, unde †Fastialis est dicta Natura Deorum 188; non in cunabulis aptantur, non ~iis alligantur Gir. TH III 10; Jesus ‥ cum una ~ia ligatus et in presepe positus Spec. Eccl. 93 (cf. Edmund Spec. Relig. 93: instita ligatus); ave, virgo, que Tonantem / lacte nutris et floccantem / stricta cingis fascia Walt. Wimb. Virgo 51; ~ia secundum Januensem dicitur vestis qua puer involvitur, quia in modum fasciculi corpus ligat; et idem dicitur fasciale latum cingulum quo puer circumligatur in ~iis Lyndw. 34 z (cf. Conc. Syn. 141: c1223 fascias sive ligaturas); hec ~ia, A. credylbande WW; hec fassia, credylbond Ib..  c cadaver prolixis ~iarum ambagibus conexum Aldh. VirgP 36 p. 283; funiculus Christi representans ~ias et ligamina passionis Peckham Paup. 90. 2 (as garment): a band for woman’s breasts. b legging. c headband. d (w. ref. to pallium). a 9‥ ~iae, breostlines WW.  b c795 pedes ‥ longo ~iarum nexu ligari Alcuin Ep. 34; ~ia, wyningc Ælf. Gl. 125; sic transeant in dormitorium et accipientes nocturnalia sua et ~ias suas cum summo silencio adeant locum ubi minuuntur fratres Cust. Cant. 201.  c ~ia, nostle Ælf. Gl. 125; sane infula, qua sacerdotes in sacris ornatos legimus, ~ia erat in modum diadematis, a qua vitte ab utraque parte dependebant Alb. Lond. DG 6. 34.  d s1162 Alexander papa tertius ei pallium misit. ‥ archiepiscopus contra illam ~iam pectoralem et humeralem suscipiendam ‥ ivit W. Fitzst. Thom. 25. 3 (anat.) fascia, outer covering of tissue. rami [vene] qui [veniunt] ad renum ~ias et suorum paniculorum Ps.-Ric. Anat. 44. 4 (her.) fesse; also bend. de tramite, baltheo, ~ia, strophio ‥ ubique terrarum fessam audio dici, forte a ~ia ductum Spelman Asp. 89; Galli bende, hoc est ~iam, vocant, nos diagonium, radium, et baltheum triumphalem Ib. 93.

fascĭa, (12) æ, f. , bande, bandage, bandelette, ruban : Cic. Br. 217 ; Quint. 11, 3, 144 || soutien-gorge : Mart. 14, 134, 1 || sangle de lit : Cic. Div. 2, 134 ; Mart. 5, 62, 6 || bande de joncs : Plin. 15, 66 || fasces ou bandes de lʼarchitrave dʼune colonne : Vitr. Arch. 3, 3 || traînée (noire) dans le ciel : Juv. 14, 294 || zone [de la terre], bande : Capel. 6, 602 || zodiaque : Manil. || bandeau royal, diadème : Sen. Ep. 80, 10 ; Suet. Cæs. 79 || [fig.] non es nostræ fasciæ Petr. 46, 1, tu nʼes pas de notre bande (bord, condition).

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fascia (fascea) ae, f

• FASC-, a band, band age, swathe, girth, fillet: devinctus erat fasciis. lecti cubicularis, a bed-girth: Bruttia calidi fascia visci, pitch plaster, Iu.—A streak of cloud: nil fascia nigra minatur, Iu.

FASCIA

FA´SCIAdim. FASCIOLA (ταινἴα, ἀπόδεσμος), any long narrow strip of cloth employed as a bandage.

1. A band worn round the head as an ensign of royalty (Suet. Jul. 79; Sen. Ep. 80.10) [DIADEMA; first cut to FALX].

2. A band worn by women round the chest for the improvement of the figure (Terent. Eun. 2.3, 23; Propert. 5.9, 49; Ov. A. Am. 3.276, 622; Sen. fr. 83, Haase; Fascia Pectoralis, Mart. 14.134). [STROPHIUM]

3. A band worn round the legs and shins, a kind of stocking: hence called fasciae crurales (Dig. 34, 2, 25) and tibiales (Suet. Aug. 82). That such bandages also covered the feet is clear from the epithet of fasciae pedules (Dig. 34, 2, 26). Cicero reproached Clodius with effeminate habits for wearing purple fasciae upon his feet, and the CALAUTICAa female ornament, upon his head (de Har. Resp. 21.44; Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur.; cf. Non. p. 537). Afterwards, when the toga had fallen into disuse, and the shorter pallium was worn in its stead, so that the legs were exposed, fasciae crurales became common even with the male sex. (Hor. Sat. 2.3, 255; Val. Max.; Grat. Cyneg. 338; Petron. 100.46.) The Emperor Alexander Severus always wore both fasciae and bracae (Lamprid. Al. Sev. 40), even although, when in town, he wore the toga. Quintilian, nevertheless, insists that the adoption of them could only be excused on the plea of infirm health. (Inst. Or. 11.3.144.) White fasciae, worn by men (Val. Max. l. c.; Phaedr. 5.7, 37), were a sign of extraordinary refinement in dress: the mode of cleaning them was by rubbing them with a white tenacious earth, resembling our pipe-clay (fasciae cretatae, Cic. ad Att. 2.3). In the imperial times the Roman soldiers wore such fasciae ( si(miles) tibiale alienavit, Dig. 49, 16, 14.1). The bandages wound about the legs are shown in the illuminations of ancient MSS., e. g. in the Vatican Virgil. See also cut under LIBRAVol. 2. p. 63.

4. The sacking of the bed on which the mattress rested (Cic. de Div. 2.6. 5, § 134; Mart. 5.62, 14.159-Z2; Becker-Göll, Gallus, 2.333; Guhl and Koner, p. 572, ed. 5).

5. Fasciae were also the swaddling clothes in which infants were wrapped (Plaut. Truc. 5.13): see cut under INCUNABULA

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FASCIA

FA´SCIA(ταινία), in architecture, signifies (by an obvious analogy with the ordinary meaning of the word) any long flat surface of wood, stone, or marble, such as the band which divides the architrave from the frieze in the Doric order, and the surfaces into which the architrave itself is divided in the Ionic and Corinthian orders. (Vitr. 3.5, 10; Guhl and Koner, ed. 5, p. 23.) See EPISTYLIUMand the cuts under COLUMNApp. 492-494.

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Fascia

dim. fasciŏla (ταινία, ἀπόδεσμος). Any long, narrow strip of cloth employed as a bandage. (1) A band worn round the head as an ensign of royalty ( Iul. 79).

(2) A band worn by women round the chest for the improvement of the figure (Terent. Eun. ii. 3, 23; Propert. v. 9, 49; Ovid, A. A. iii. 276, 622). See strophium.

(3) A band worn round the legs and shins, a kind of stocking; hence called fasciae crurales (Dig. xxxiv. 2, 25) and tibiales (Suet. Aug. 82). That such bandages also covered the feet is clear from the epithet of fasciae pedules (Dig. xxxiv. 2, 26). Cicero reproached Clodius with effeminate habits for wearing purple fasciae upon his feet, and the calantica, a woman's ornament, upon his head (De Har. Resp. 21. 44; Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur.; cf. Non. p. 537). Afterwards fasciae crurales became common even with the male sex ( Hor. Sat. ii. 3, 255; Val. Max. vi. 2. 7). White fasciae, worn by men (Val. Max. l. c.), were a sign of extraordinary refinement in dress; the mode of cleaning them was by rubbing them with a white, tenacious earth, resembling our pipe-clay ( Ad Att. ii. 3).

(4) The sacking of the bed on which the mattress rested (Mart. v. 62, xiv. 159).

(5) Fasciae were also the swaddling-clothes in which infants were wrapped (Plaut. Truc. v. 13).

(6) In architecture, any long, flat surface of wood, stone, or marble, such as the band which divides the architrave from the frieze in the Doric order, and the surfaces into which the architrave itself is divided in the Ionic and Corinthian orders (Vitruv. iii. 5, 10). See epistylium.

fascia

Any long, flat surface of wood, stone, or marble, such as the band which divides the architrave from the frieze in the Doric order, and the surfaces into which the architrave itself is divided in the Ionic and Corinthian orders.

• Architrave
• Frieze