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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.
Etymologies
- From the Latin fascinum. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Nts.X. 239 Of the penis succedaneus,. .which the Latins called phallus and fascinum, the French godemiché and the Italians passatempo and diletto (whence our ‘dildo’), every kind abounds.”
“There were said to be four qualities of touch, -- _calidus, humidus, frigidus, et siccus_, or hot, cold, moist, and dry, -- according to which persons were active or passive in the exercise of the fascinum.”
“It is a charm against fascinum, the evil eye: and hence name Fescennine.”
“The fascinum was worn suspended from the necks of women, and was supposed to possess magical powers; hence, to _fascinate_.”
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
“That the worship of the fascinum was in vogue during the eighth century [Y] in Italy and in other countries under the religious jurisdiction of the Pope, the following from the _Judicia Sacerdotalia”
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
“_Si quis praecantaverit ad fascinum, vel qualescumque praecantationes excepto symbolum sanctum aut orationem dominicam qui cantat et cui cantatur, tres quadrigesimas in pane et aqua poéniteat.”
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
“This very primitive type of song took its rise in Etruria; it derives its name from Fescennium, an Etrurian town, though others connect it with _fascinum_, as if originally it were an attempt to avert the evil eye.”
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
“[13] Others, again, explain _fascinum_ as = _phallos_, and regard the songs as connected with the worship of the reproductive power in nature.”
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
“Soter Kosmou, which the Latins called phallus and fascinum, [FN#409] the French godemiché and the Italians passatempo and diletto (whence our "dildo"), every kind abounds, varying from a stuffed "French letter" to a cone of ribbed horn which looks like an instrument of torture.”
“Hence to Lesbianise () and tribassare (); the former applied to the love of woman for woman and the latter to its mecanique: this is either natural, as friction of the labia and insertion of the clitoris when unusually developed, or artificial by means of the fascinum, the artificial penis (the Persian "Mayájang"); the patte de chat, the banana-fruit and a multitude of other succedanea.”
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Evil eye
apotropaic, laughter, garlic, silver bullet, bruxa, amulet, rabbit's foot, crucifix, excantation, witch ball, heart stake, horseshoe and 20 more...
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♥
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Lolita
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concordance, limned, lurid, puerility, variorum, perspicacious, exigency, acrostic, solipsism, mnemosyne, involution, fatidic and 227 more...
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Lolita
Words compiled while reading Lolita
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rememberers
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Amulets
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pavonine fascination,enchantment. The belief that some persons had the power of injuring others by their looks among the Greeks and Romans,as it is in modern times.(The evil eye)
The fascinum was an amulet in the form of a phallus which was hung around the necks of children. The evil eye was supposed to injure children particularly.
William Smith,D.C.L.,LLD, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities John Murray,London, 1875
Not in OED
Nabokov,Lolita p 21 Jul 11, 2009
pavonine fascination,enchantment. The belief that some persons had the power of injuring others by their looks among the Greeks and Romans,as it is in modern times.(The evil eye)
The fascinum was an amulet in the form of a phallus which was hung around the necks of children. The evil eye was supposed to injure children particularly.
William Smith,D.C.L.,LLD, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities John Murray,London, 1875
Not in OED
Nabokov,Lolita p 21 Nov 11, 2007