লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
lictor
This term is a highly specialized historical noun used almost exclusively in the context of ancient Roman political and legal history. It describes a specific role of authority and enforcement, carrying a connotation of official power and the threat of physical coercion, symbolized by the fasces they carried.
Because it refers to a defunct office of the Roman Republic and Empire, it is never used in modern administrative or legal contexts except as a historical analogy. It is a countable noun, referring to individual officers of this rank.
Meanings
Examples
The consul walked through the forum preceded by a lictor.
Each lictor carried a bundle of rods known as fasces.
The dictator was entitled to twenty four lictors to signal his absolute power.
I wonder if the lictor ever felt the weight of the axe he carried.
The lictor cleared the crowd to make way for the procession.
A single lictor accompanied the lower ranking officials.
The role of the lictor was as much about symbolism as it was about security.