fiscus

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.