Complete Definition of "fascinum"

English
Etymology
Latin.

Pronunciation
IPA: /fæ'si:n�m/

Noun
fascinum

  1. an ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites

#:*1955: Here are some brides of ten compelled to seat themselves on the fascinum, the virile ivory in the temples of classical scholarship. � Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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