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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin fasciculus. Doublet of fascicle.
Pronunciation
Noun
fasciculus (plural fasciculi)
- (anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
- One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of fascis (“bundle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fasciculus m (genitive fasciculī); second declension
- a small bundle or package (especially of letters or rolls)
Fasciculus epistolarum aqua madidus redditus erat- The packet of letters was soaked in water
Ne forte sub ala fasciculum portes librorum ut rusticus agnum- Try not to carry the packet of books under your arm like a farmer carries a lamb
- a bunch of flowers, nosegay
- (New Latin, computing) a computer file
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “fasciculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fasciculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fasciculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.