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fascis , is, m.: a bundle; burden, pl., fascēs, ium, the fasces or bundle of rods, a symbol of authority, borne by the lictors before the higher magistrates of Rome, 6.818; (meton.), civil honors.

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 (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.—
- - 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, is, m., das Bund, das Bündel, Paket, I) im allg.: spicarum, Varro: sarmentorum, Liv.: lignorum, Tac.: stramentorum ac virgultorum, Hirt. b. G.: librorum, Gell.: epistularum, Iustin.: ego hoc te fasce levabo, Verg.: ultroque animam sub fasce dedēre (apes), Verg.: si militare iter fascemque (und das Tragen des Bündels) imperes, Quint. – II) insbes., Plur. (Sing. nur im Scherz des Cic. bei Charis. 33, 11 u. poet. bei Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 655), die Faszes, A) eig., Rutenbündel, aus denen ein Beil (securis) hervorragte, das symbol. Zeichen der Herrschergewalt, eines der ältesten Abzeichen der röm. Magistrate u. diesen von den Liktoren vorgetragen, so oft sie öffentlich erschienen (dah. fasces lictorii, Aur. Vict. de vir. ill. 20, 1; vgl. lictores duo, duo ulmei fasces virgarum, Plaut. Epid. 28), fasces praeferre, Liv.: fasces habere, sich die Faszes vortragen lassen, Cic.: dare alci fasces (die konsularische Gewalt, das Konsulat), Cic. u. Hor.: cuius tum fasces erant, der damals die Regierung hatte, Liv.: fasces corripere, die konsularische Gewalt an sich reißen, Sall.: demere secures de fascibus, Cic.: ab aratro arcessi ad fasces (Konsulat), Salv. de gub. dei 1, 2: summittere fasces, die F. (aus Ehrerbietung) senken, Liv.; u. bildl., alci, den Vorzug geben, Cic.: u. so demissi populo fasces, die Faszes vor dem Volke gesenkt, Cic. de rep. 1, 62; aber paulo ante dimissi fasces, die vor kurzem erst abgegebenen Faszes, Plin. pan. 61, 7: fasces versi, die umgekehrten F. (beim Leichenbegängnisse eines Konsuls usw.), Tac. (vgl. Ruhnken Ps. Albinov. consol. ad Liv. 142). – B) meton. = hohe Ehrenstellen, bes. das Konsulat, Verg., Hor. u.a.

1 fascis [CL] 1 bundle, sheaf. 9‥ ~is, sceafes WW; unus homo reddit inde ~em buxi in die palmarum DB I 252vb; qui segetum captant fasces et in horrea portant (Vers.) Ord. Vit. XI prol. p. 160; angeli [cf. Matth. xiii 30] ‥ colligent primum zizania, et alligabunt ea in fasciculos ad comburendum; non in unum ~em, quia pro modo iniquitatis sue unusquisque punietur Pull. Sent. 999D; ille in aula hominibus plena ad ~em lignorum non visum offendit sed non cecidit W. Fitzst. Thom. 58. 2 bundle for carrying, burden; b (fig.). 801 sub ~e armorum desudare Alcuin Ep. 240; ~e, onere, vel hefe GlH F 12; vestes et reculas suas in ~em colligaverat Gosc. Transl. Mild. 37 p. 208; a byrdyn, ‥ fassis, fassiculus CathA. b cervix illa multis jam peccaminum ~ibus onerata Gildas EB 35; fessae mentis cervicem gravi ~is sarcina deprimentibus Aldh. VirgP 59; c745 pari tamen tribulationum deprimimur ~e (Dan. Wint.) Ep. Bonif. 64 p. 136; abicere ~em iniquitatis Alcuin Ep. 295; sub dira ~e egritudinis R. Cold. Cuthb. 126. 3 bundle of rods carried before Roman magistrate, (symbol of) authority. praefecti filius ‥ / qui famosus erat regali fasce, togatus Aldh. VirgV 1932; ~es, dignitas GlC F 13; c747 domini ~ibus aetheriis decorato Bonifatio Ep. Bonif. 85; ~es, i. honores, dignitates, plagas, †trimphos [MS: triumphos], cynedomas vel aldor[domas] GlH F 11; jam fasces regni, jam publica sceptra perempti Frith. 1014; altari et eclesiae ~ibus inserviunt Gosc. Edith (I) 69 (cf. ib. (II): aeclesiae ~ibus non regni); ut, archiepiscopatus deposito ~e, Deo posset intendere W. Malm. GP I 52; voluptates quidem corruptibiles, ~es autem immortales [= Diogenes Laertes: τιμαὶ ἀθάνατοι] W. Burley Vit. Phil. 44.

2 fascis v. fax

3 fascis v. funis

fascis, (9) 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, dʼoù émergeait le fer dʼune 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, sʼincliner devant qqn || [fig.] dignités, honneurs, pouvoir, [en part.] le consulat : Lucr. 3, 1009 ; Virg. G. 2, 495 ; Hor. S. 1, 6, 97.

fascis, is m

1. bundel, pakket [lignorum; librorum];
2. last, vracht; ➤ ultro animam sub fasce dedere;
3. plur. (a) roedebundel (waaruit een bijl stak, die de lictoren voor de hoogste magistraten uit droegen als symbool v. macht en bevoegdheid tot berechting); ➤ fasces alci praeferre; fasces submittere of demittere alci voor iem. laten zakken (als teken v. eerbied), (metaf.) iem. voorrang verlenen; (b) (meton.) consulaat, consulaire macht; ➤ fasces corripere het consulaat naar zich toetrekken; alci fasces dare; (c) (poët.; postklass.) alg. hoge functies.

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FASC-, a bundle, fagot, fascine, packet, parcel: sarmentorum, L.: comites in fasce libelli, Iu.—A burden, load: Romanus Iniusto sub fasce, i. e. soldiers' baggage, V.: (apes) animam sub fasce dedēre, V.—Plur, a bundle of rods with an axe, carried before the highest magistrates, as an emblem of authority: imperi populiR.fasces: anteibant lictores cum fascibus bini: fasces praetoribus praeferuntur: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered before the people: fasces versi (at a consul's funeral), Ta.: Marius cum fascibus laureatis. —Fig.: cum tibi aetas nostra fascis summitteret, yield precedence.—High office, supreme power: fascibus conreptis, i. e. usurping the government, S.: Illum non populi fasces, non purpura regum Flexit, V.: si Detulerit fascīs indigno, i. e. the consulship, H.: fasces meruit, the throne, Iu.

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