"FASCINARE" Y "FASCINVM" EN EL DICCIONARIO DE LEWIS-SHORT

fascĭno , āre, v. a. cf. Gr. βάσκανος, βασκαίνω, v. fascinum, I. to enchant, bewitch, charm, fascinate by the eyes or the tongue: “nescio quis teneros oculus mihi fascinat agnos,” Verg. E. 3, 103


fascĭnum , i, n. (-ĭnus , i, m.) [quasi bascanum, βάσκανον, Cloat. Ver. ap. Gell. 16, 12, 4; but cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 16].

I. A bewitching, witchcraft, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96; Symm. Ep. 1, 7.—

II. Transf.

A. I. q. membrum virile (because an image of it was hung round the necks of children as a preventive against witchcraft; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 97 Müll.), Hor. Epod. 8, 18; Petr. 138; Arn. 5, 176.—Also in the form fascinus, i. m., Verg. Cat. 5, 20; and personified, Fascĭnus , i, as a deity, the Phallus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39.