fasciculus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin fasciculus. Doublet of fascicle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəˈsɪkjʊləs/
• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs

Noun

fasciculus (plural fasciculi)

1. (anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
2. One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.

Derived terms

• arcuate fasciculus
• medial longitudinal fasciculus
• uncinate fasciculus

Related terms

• fascicle
• fascism

Latin

Etymology

From fascis (“bundle”) +‎ -culus (suffix forming diminutives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fasˈkɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [faʃˈʃiː.ku.lus]

Noun

fasciculus m (genitive fasciculī); second declension

1. 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

2. a bunch of flowers, nosegay
3. (New Latin, computing) a computer file

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fasciculus	fasciculī
genitive	fasciculī	fasciculōrum
dative	fasciculō	fasciculīs
accusative	fasciculum	fasciculōs
ablative	fasciculō	fasciculīs
vocative	fascicule	fasciculī

Derived terms

• fasciculāria
• fasciculus arcuātus (New Latin)

Related terms

• fascia
• fasciātim
• fasciger
• fascīna
• fasciō
• fasciola
• fascis

Descendants

• → English: fascicle, fasciculus
• → French: fascicule
• → German: Faszikel
• → Italian: fascicolo
• → Portuguese: fascículo
• → Spanish: fascículo

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.