fasciola

Forms

fasciola f (genitive fasciolae); first declension^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin fascia (“band, bandage”) + -ola, as a diminutive.^[2][3][1] fascia is a derivative of fascis (“bundle”), which goes back to Proto-Italic *faski- (“bundle”);^[4] de Vaan sees in it an Italo-Celtic word with no known Indo-European etymology.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is first found in Varro, of a woven band used to tie up the hair.^[2][5]

Semantic evolution

In Classical Latin it was a small band or ribbon: a headband, a band worn round the legs (Cicero mentions purple ones beside women's slippers), a breast-band, and a small bandage for wounds.^[2][6][7] The spelling ⟨fasceola⟩ also occurs.^[2][3]

In Medieval Latin it named above all the bands wound round the legs, puttees or leggings, and also a shoe-strap, a head-cloth and a bandage.^[8][9][10]

Timeline

• 116–27 BC – Varro uses it for a woven band to tie up the hair.^[2][5]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero mentions purple leg-bands beside women's slippers.^[2][5]
• c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius has a red band worn beneath the breasts, and small bandages for open wounds.^[2][5]
• c. 560–636 AD – Isidore of Seville uses it for a bandage.^[7][11][5]
• 747 – A council at Clovesho forbids imitating laymen's leg-bands.^[10]
• 787–799 – Paul the Deacon writes that the Lombards wore white leg-bands below the calves.^[9][5]

Meanings

Noun

1. A small strip of material, band, ribbon.^[2][6]
2. A small bandage for a wound.^[2][12]
3. A headband, a band worn round the legs, or a breast-band.^[2][7]
4. (Medieval Latin) A leg-band, legging; a shoe-strap.^[8][10]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c d e f Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
7. ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
8. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
9. ^ a b Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
10. ^ a b c Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
11. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
12. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier