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fascina

fascina is the plural of fascinum.

Meaning of fascinum

Noun

fascinum (plural fascina)

  1. (historical) An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.
    • Here are some brides of ten compelled to seat themselves on the fascinum, the virile ivory in the temples of classical scholarship.1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Questions about fascina

What is fascina the plural of?
Fascina is the plural of fascinum.

Words near fascina in the dictionary

  1. fasciectomy
  2. fasciitis
  3. fasciliated
  4. fascilitate
  5. fascin
  6. fascina
  7. fascinance
  8. fascinate
  9. fascinated
  10. fascinatedly
  11. fascinates

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