"fabula" meaning in Latin

See fabula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfaː.bʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfaː.bu.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From for, fā- (“speak, say”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{af|la|for|-bula|alt1=for, fā-|pos2=instrument noun suffix|t1=speak, say}} for, fā- (“speak, say”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|fābula<1>}} fābula f (genitive fābulae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fābula<1>}} Forms: fābula [canonical, feminine], fābulae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fābula [nominative, singular], fābulae [nominative, plural], fābulae [genitive, singular], fābulārum [genitive, plural], fābulae [dative, singular], fābulīs [dative, plural], fābulam [accusative, singular], fābulās [accusative, plural], fābulā [ablative, singular], fābulīs [ablative, plural], fābula [singular, vocative], fābulae [plural, vocative]
  1. discourse, narrative Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-fabula-la-noun-wVOXfAeE Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -bula Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 30 17 11 21 21 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bula: 23 21 6 23 28
  2. a fable, tale, story Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-fabula-la-noun-4MPwMKja Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -bula Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bula: 23 21 6 23 28
  3. a poem, play Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-fabula-la-noun--sWwcy0L
  4. concern, matter Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-fabula-la-noun-6Xv-g~T0 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -bula Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 3 47 20 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bula: 23 21 6 23 28
  5. romance Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-fabula-la-noun-I~fIyIdC Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -bula Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bula: 23 21 6 23 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fābella, fābulāris, fābulor, fābulōsus, lupus in fābulā
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fābella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fābulāris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fābulor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fābulōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lupus in fābulā"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
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      ],
      "word": "fjalë"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fàbula"
    },
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fabula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fábula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fabúla"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fabhal"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fabula"
    },
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      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fable"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fabuła"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fábula"
    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fabulă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "word": "фа́була"
    },
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fábula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fabel"
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    },
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      "form": "fābulae",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
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      ]
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      "form": "fābula",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fābulam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fābula",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "fābula<1>"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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    },
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      ],
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      ],
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          "tale",
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        ],
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "a poem, play"
      ],
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        [
          "poem",
          "poem"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 12 3 47 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 21 6 23 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -bula",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "concern, matter"
      ],
      "id": "en-fabula-la-noun-6Xv-g~T0",
      "links": [
        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "23 21 6 23 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -bula",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "romance"
      ],
      "id": "en-fabula-la-noun-I~fIyIdC",
      "links": [
        [
          "romance",
          "romance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfaː.bʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfaː.bu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fabula"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₂- (speak)",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -bula",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fābella"
    },
    {
      "word": "fābulāris"
    },
    {
      "word": "fābulor"
    },
    {
      "word": "fābulōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lupus in fābulā"
    }
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      "lang_code": "sq",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "lang_code": "is",
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        "borrowed"
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        "borrowed"
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      "lang_code": "it",
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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "fabula"
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      "word": "fábula"
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        "borrowed"
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    },
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fábula"
    },
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      "form": "fābula",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "form": "fābulae",
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        "genitive"
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        "table-tags"
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fābulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fābulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fābulam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fābulās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fābulā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fābulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fābula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fābulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fābula<1>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fābula<1>"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "discourse, narrative"
      ],
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        [
          "discourse",
          "discourse"
        ],
        [
          "narrative",
          "narrative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a fable, tale, story"
      ],
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        [
          "fable",
          "fable"
        ],
        [
          "tale",
          "tale"
        ],
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a poem, play"
      ],
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        [
          "poem",
          "poem"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "concern, matter"
      ],
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        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "romance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "romance",
          "romance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfaː.bʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfaː.bu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fabula"
}

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