fabula

Etymology

Latin fabula (“story”)

Noun

fabula (plural fabulae)

1. (literature, film studies) A series of events forming the basis of a story or narrative.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fabulas, fabulât

Verb

fabula

1. third-person singular past historic of fabuler

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fāðlā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“speak”) + *-dʰleh₂.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.bu.la/, [ˈfaː.bʊ.ɫa]

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

fābula f (genitive fābulae); first declension

1. discourse, narrative
2. a fable, tale, story
3. a poem, play
4. concern, matter
5. romance
6. vocative singular of fābula

fābulā f

1. ablative singular of fābula

References

• fabula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fabula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fabula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fabula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be the talk of the town, a scandal: fabulam fieri
    
  • mythology: fabulae, historia fabularis
    
  • to pass from myth to history: ut a fabulis ad facta veniamus
    
  • a writer of fables: scriptor fabularum
    
  • the piece; the play: fabula, ludus scaenicus
    
  • to study a piece, of the actor); to get a piece played, rehearse it: fabulam docere (διδάσκειν) (of the writer) (opp. fabulam discere
    
  • to act a play (said of the actors): fabulam agere
    
  • to bring out a play, put it on the stage (used of the man who finds the money): fabulam edere
    
  • to produce a play (of the writer): fabulam dare
    
  • to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
    
  • a piece is a failure, falls flat: fabula cadit
    
  • the Antigone: tragoedia or fabula Antigona (not Antigona trag. or fab.)
    
  • a narrative, tale, story: narratio, fabula
    
  • this fable teaches us (without nos): haec fabula docet
    
• fabula in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• fabula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Verb

fabula

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of fabular.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of fabular.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of fabular.