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fascina

bundle

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k

What it meant

1. fascina — de Vaan

fascina 'bundle' (Cato),fasciola 'ribbon, band' (Varro), Pit */έ»Λ/- 'bundle'. IE cognates: Gin base 'necklace', W, beich 'burden', Bret, bec'h 'load' < PCL An Italo-Celtic correspondence *bhaski(o)- 'bundle', for which no PIE etymology is available. Greek words such as φάκελος 'bundle' and βάσκιοι 'bundles of osiers' (Hsch.) are probably unrelated, since they show irregular alternations within Greek, and do not … — [de Vaan, s.v. fascina, p. 217]

2. fascīna — Lewis & Short

fascīna, ae, f.fascis,

I a bundle of sticks, fagot, Cato, R. R. 37, 5.

In the wild

fascinam Cato, De agri cultura 37

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. fascina (scan pp. 217-218; entry #531). Root candidates: *bhaski-, *bharsti-, *farsti-.

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