"fas" meaning in Latin

See fas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /faːs/ [Classical-Latin], [fäːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /fas/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [fäs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: fās [canonical, neuter, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], fās [nominative, singular], - [genitive, singular], - [dative, singular], fās [accusative, singular], - [ablative, singular], - [singular, vocative]
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *fās, possibly Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂os (“utterance, saying”), a derivative of the root *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”), whence also for, fārī. But Beekes thinks there is "no convincing etymology" for Latin fas and Greek ὁσία. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂os||utterance, saying}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂os (“utterance, saying”) Head templates: {{la-noun|fās<indecl>|g=n}} fās n sg (indeclinable, no genitive) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fās<indecl>}}
  1. (uncountable) dictates of religion, divine law (opp. iūs, human law), or an obligation thereunder Tags: indeclinable, no-genitive, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Religion
    Sense id: en-fas-la-noun-LmBTbLTm Disambiguation of Law: 79 4 17 Disambiguation of Religion: 52 48 0 Categories (other): Pages with 17 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin nouns without a genitive singular Disambiguation of Pages with 17 entries: 0 12 0 8 9 1 12 0 0 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 14 3 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 13 0 7 8 1 13 0 0 16 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 15 2 16 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 77 2 21 Disambiguation of Latin nouns without a genitive singular: 55 17 28
  2. (uncountable) divine will or right, the will of God or heaven; a predetermined destiny Tags: indeclinable, no-genitive, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-fas-la-noun-bGAKfEll Disambiguation of Religion: 52 48 0
  3. (uncountable) right, proper, allowable, lawful, fit, permitted, permissible, possible Tags: indeclinable, no-genitive, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fas-la-noun-~F2xIpXg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phās [Medieval-Latin] Derived forms: fāstus, nefās
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          "english": "this is against law and divine law",
          "text": "hoc contra ius fasque est",
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          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Corpus Reformatorum, volume 38, page 235:",
          "text": "Itaque si fas non est patris, vel filii, patrui vel nepotis uxorem habere in matrimonio, unum et idem de fratris uxore sentire convenit: de qua similis prorsus lex uno contextu et tenore perlata est.",
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          "text": "Latium …: illīc fās rēgna resurgere Troiae."
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          "english": "[It is] permissible, for me especially, to have seen the faces of the gods, either because I am a poet, or because I sing sacred [themes].",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.7–8",
          "roman": "vel quia sum vātēs, vel quia sacra canō.",
          "text": "fās mihi praecipuē voltūs vīdisse deōrum,"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/fas/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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          "english": "this is against law and divine law",
          "text": "hoc contra ius fasque est",
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        {
          "english": "And so if divine law is that the father, or the son, the uncle or the nephew are not to have a wife in marriage, it comes together as one and the same thing about the brother's wife: from which a similar law is conveyed by means of connecting and grasping [a pattern].",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Corpus Reformatorum, volume 38, page 235:",
          "text": "Itaque si fas non est patris, vel filii, patrui vel nepotis uxorem habere in matrimonio, unum et idem de fratris uxore sentire convenit: de qua similis prorsus lex uno contextu et tenore perlata est.",
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          "text": "fās mihi praecipuē voltūs vīdisse deōrum,"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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