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fiscus.

money-bag, purse; imperial exchequer;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfɪs.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈfis.kus]
  1. basket

    declension-2 · masculine
  2. purse

    declension-2 · masculine
  3. treasury; public money

    declension-2 · masculine
  4. the assets bound to the function of the emperor

    Classical-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unknown. De Vaan rejects connections with findō (“to cleave”) and fidēlia (“earthen pot”); Beekes mentions obliquely the rhyme with rarer riscus, a likely Celtic borrowing into Latin and Greek.

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