The corpus record — Latin

fascino

fascino · v. a

to enchant

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Where it lives

Eclogues 1 · 2.2/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

fascĭno — Lewis & Short

fascĭno, āre, v. a.cf. Gr. ba/skanos, baskai/nw, v. fascinum,

I 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.

In the wild

fascina Apuleius, Apologia 35
fascinantes Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 13.4.p3
fascinavit Tertullian, De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 27
fascinavit Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 49.3
fascinat Vergil, Eclogues 3

Where it came from

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