fiscus ī, m
FASC-.—Prop.,
a woven-basket
; hence,
a money-basket, money-bag, purse
: fisci cum pecuniā: multus in arcā
Fiscus, i. e.
much money
, Iu.—
The public chest, state treasury, public revenues
: quaternos HS in cistam transferam de fisco: qui fiscum
sustulit.—
The imperial treasury, emperor's privy purse
(cf. aerarium, the public treasury), Ta., Iu.