"fabulus" meaning in Latin

See fabulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfa.bʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfaː.bu.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *fabā Latin faba Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin fabulus From faba + -ulus. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|faba|-ulus|text=+|title=fabulus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *fabā Latin faba Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin fabulus [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "faba", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fabulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="fabulus"> From faba + -ulus. Head templates: {{la-noun|fabulus<2>}} fabulus m (genitive fabulī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fabulus<2>}} Forms: fabulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fabulus [nominative, singular], fabulī [nominative, plural], fabulī [genitive, singular], fabulōrum [genitive, plural], fabulō [dative, singular], fabulīs [dative, plural], fabulum [accusative, singular], fabulōs [accusative, plural], fabulō [ablative, singular], fabulīs [ablative, plural], fabule [singular, vocative], fabulī [plural, vocative]
  1. a small bean Tags: declension-2, masculine

Inflected forms

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