fascinum
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Noun[edit]
fascinum (plural fascina)
- (historical, occult) An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.
- 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
- Here are some brides of ten compelled to seat themselves on the fascinum, the virile ivory in the temples of classical scholarship.
- 1988, Leonard R. N. Ashley, The Amazing World of Superstition, Prophecy, Luck, Magic & Witchcraft, Random House Value Publishing, →ISBN, page 107, →ISBN:
- Today people use a four-leaf clover, the pompom from a European sailor’s hat, the fascinum (winged phallus, some of which were found in the ruins of Pompeii and seemed to have done little good there), and so on.
Latin[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Unknown; compare Ancient Greek βάσκανος (báskanos, “sorcerer, slanderer”, adjective and noun), possibly from the same European substrate language.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfas.ki.num/, [ˈfäs̠kɪnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfaʃ.ʃi.num/, [ˈfäʃːinum]
Noun[edit]
fascinum n (genitive fascinī); second declension
- (originally) a charm, spell, witchcraft
- (by extension) a phallus-shaped amulet worn around the neck as a preventive against witchcraft
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fascinum | fascina |
Genitive | fascinī | fascinōrum |
Dative | fascinō | fascinīs |
Accusative | fascinum | fascina |
Ablative | fascinō | fascinīs |
Vocative | fascinum | fascina |
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References[edit]
- “fascinum” on page 743 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading[edit]
- “fascinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fascinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fascinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “fascinum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fascinum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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