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Făcĕlīnus (Phac-), a, um, or Făcĕ-lītis (Phac-), or Fascĕlis (Phasc-), ĭdis, f. [φάκελος, a bundle of fagots], of or belonging to the Taurian Diana: sedes Dianae, Sil. 14, 260 dub.; v. Gerlach ad Lucil. p. 11; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 116; Hyg. Fab. 261.

fascĕātim, fascĕŏla, v. fasci-.

Fascēlis, v. Facelīnus.

fascĭa (fa/scea), ae, f. [kindred with fascis], a band, bandage, swathe, girth, fillet.

  1. I. Prop. (to bind up diseased parts of the body; to wrap round the feet to prevent the boots from rubbing them; to bind under the breasts of women; a headband set with pearls, etc.; syn.: redimiculum, vitta, infula, diadema): devinctus erat fasciis, Cic. Brut. 60, 217; Suet. Dom. 17; id. Galb. 21; Gell. 16, 3, 4; cf.: fasciis crura vestiuntur, Quint. 11, 3, 144: cum vincirentur pedes fasciis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 537, 5; id. Att. 2, 3, 1 (cf. with Val. Max. 6, 2, 7); Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 221; Dig. 34, 2, 25 (with pedules); Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40 al.: carnem praependentem fascia substringere, Suet. Galb. 21: brachio lanis fasciisque obvoluto, id. Dom. 17: inflatum circa fascia pectus eat, Ov. A. A. 3, 274; Mart. 14, 134: vides illum Scythiae regem, insigni capitis decorum? si vis illum aestimare, fasciam solve: multum mali sub illa latet, Sen. Ep. 80 fin.; so of a diadem, Suet. Caes. 79: puero fasciis opus est, cunis, incunabulis, i. e. swaddling-cloths, Plaut. Truc. 5, 13: somniasse se, ovum pendere ex fascia lecti sui cubicularis, a bed-girth, Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; Mart. 5, 62, 5; 14, 159: uvas sole siccatas junci fasciis involvit, bands of rushes, mats, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 66: nitor, qualem Bruttia praestabat calidi tibi fascia visci, plaster, Juv. 9, 14.
    Prov.: non es nostrae fasciae, i. e. of our rank or condition, Petr. 46.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. * A. The casing of a door, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 20; and 86, 10.
    2. * B. In archit., a wreath round a pillar, a listel, Vitr. 3, 3 med.
    3. * C. A streak of cloud in the sky: nil color hic caeli, nil fascia nigra minatur, Juv. 14, 294.
    4. * D. A zone of the earth: orbi terrae in quinque zonas, sive melius fascias dico, discernitur, Mart. Cap. 6, §§ 602, 607.

‡ fascĭātim (-ĕātim), adv. [fascis], in bundles, acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 20, one of a class of adverbs which some grammarians improperly regard as a distinct part of speech.

fascĭŏla (fascē̆), ae, f. dim. [fascia], a small bandage for the legs, Varr. L. L. 5, § 130; Hor. S. 2, 3, 255; Vop. Aur. 4; Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44.