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|lshtext=<b>fābŭla</b>: ae, f. fari,<br /><b>I</b> a [[narration]], [[narrative]], [[account]], [[story]]; the [[subject]] of [[common]] [[talk]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; syn.: [[narratio]], [[fasti]], annales, res gestae, [[historia]]): additur fabulae, quo [[vulgo]] [[Sabini]] aureas armillas brachio laevo habuerint, pepigisse eam, etc., Liv. 1, 11, 8: poëticae (opp. incorrupta rerum gestarum monumenta), id. praef. § 6: Ummidius, qui tam (non longa est [[fabula]]) [[dives]], ut, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 95; id. Ep. 1, 2, 6: mutato nomine de te [[fabula]] narratur, id. S. 1, 1, 70: asinaeque paternum Cognomen vertas in risum et [[fabula]] flas, the [[common]] [[talk]], [[town]]'s [[talk]], id. Ep. 1, 13, 9; cf.: heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui! id. Epod. 11, 8: [[fabula]] (nec [[sentis]]) tota jactaris in urbe, [[you]] are talked of all [[over]] the [[city]], Ov. Am. 8, 1, 21; cf. Suet. Aug. 70; id. Dom. 15; Mart. 3, 14: habes omnes fabulas urbis, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11: nova [[fabula]], the [[news]], Juv. 1, 145: [[semper]] formosis [[fabula]] [[poena]] fuit, Prop. 2, 32, 26 (3, 30, 26 M.): a diverticulo repetatur [[fabula]], [[let]] us [[return]] to [[our]] [[story]], Juv. 15, 72.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[conversation]] ([[post]]-Aug.): ut fabulas [[quoque]] eorum et disputationes et arcana semotae dictionis [[penitus]] exciperem, conversations, Tac. Or. 2: praeceptores cum auditoribus suis fabulas habent, id. ib. 29; cf.: cum [[inter]] fabulas privatas [[sermo]] esset [[ortus]], quanti, etc., in [[private]] [[conversation]], Lampr. Heliog. 25.—With a [[dependent]] [[clause]]: ne id accidat, [[quod]] cuipiam Thraco venisse usu, [[fabula]] est, is [[related]], Gell. 19, 12, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In vulg. lang. ([[like]] the Germ. Geschichte), [[affair]], [[concern]], [[matter]]: sed [[quid]] ego [[aspicio]]? quae haec [[fabula]]'st? [[what]] [[sort]] of an [[affair]] is this? Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 4, 4, 8.<br /><b>II</b> In partic. (freq. and [[class]].), a [[fictitious]] [[narrative]], a [[tale]], [[story]] (syn.: [[apologus]], [[narratio]]): narrationum [[tris]] accepimus [[species]], fabulam, quae versatur in tragoediis [[atque]] carminibus non a veritate [[modo]], sed [[etiam]] a [[forma]] veritatis remota, [[argumentum]] ... historiam, etc., Quint. 2, 4, 2: haec res agetur nobis, [[vobis]] [[fabula]], Plaut. Capt. prol. 52: peregrino narrare fabulas, id. Men. 5, 1, 24: num [[igitur]] me cogis [[etiam]] [[fabulis]] credere? quae delectationis habeant [[quantum]] voles ... auctoritatem [[quidem]] nullam debemus nec fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113; cf.: fictis [[fabulis]], id. Mil. 3, 8: [[antiquitas]] recepit fabulas, fictas [[etiam]] [[nonnumquam]] [[incondite]], id. Rep. 2, 10; cf.: a [[fabulis]] ad facta venire, id. ib. 2, 2 fin.: [[minor]] [[fabulis]] habetur [[fides]], id. ib. 2, 10: [[saepe]] [[fabulis]] fidem firmare (consuerant), Suet. Rhet. 1 med.; Liv. praef. § 6: non [[fabula]] [[rumor]] Ille fuit, Ov. M. 10, 561: fabulam inceptat, Ter. And. 5, 4, 22: [[quid]] [[tamen]] ista velit sibi [[fabula]], ede, Hor. S. 2, 5, 61: fabulae! [[mere]] stories! [[stuff]]! [[nonsense]]! Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. And. 1, 3, 19: ne convivialium fabularum [[simplicitas]] in [[crimen]] duceretur, Tac. A. 6, 11 fin.: sufficiunt duae fabulae, an tertiam poscis? Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 9.—In apposition: jam te premet nox fabulaeque [[Manes]] (= fabulosi, inanes), Hor. C. 1, 4, 16: [[civis]] et manes et [[fabula]] fies, Pers. 5, 152: nos jam [[fabula]] sumus, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 14.—So of [[idle]] tales: ineptas et aniles fabulas devita, Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 7 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[particular]] kinds of [[poetry]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Most freq., a [[dramatic]] [[poem]], [[drama]], [[play]] (syn.: [[ludus]], [[cantus]], [[actio]], etc.): in [[full]], [[fabula]] scaenica, Amm. 28, 1, 4; or, [[theatralis]], id. 14, 6, 20: [[fabula]] ad [[actum]] scenarum composita, Quint. 5, 10, 9; cf. id. 11, 3, 73 sq.: Livianae fabulae non [[satis]] dignae, quae [[iterum]] legantur. Atque hic [[Livius]] [[primus]] fabulam, C. Clodio Caeci filio et M. Tuditano [[Cos]]. docuit, produced, Cic. Brut. 18, 72; v. [[doceo]], II. init.; cf.: fabulam [[dare]], under do, II. H.; so, facere, Varr. L. L. 5, 8: [[neque]] histrioni ut placeat, peragenda [[fabula]] est, Cic. de Sen. 19, 70: [[securus]], cadat an [[recto]] stet [[fabula]] talo, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176: [[neve]] [[minor]] neu [[sit]] [[quinto]] productior actu Fabula, id. A. P. 190: M. Pacuvii nova [[fabula]], Cic. Lael. 7, 24: Terentii, Hor. S. 1, 2, 21: Attae, id. Ep. 2, 1, 80 et saep.: in [[fabulis]] stultissima [[persona]], Cic. Lael. 26, 100 et saep.— Transf.: non [[solum]] unum [[actum]], sed totam fabulam confecissem, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[fable]] (cf. [[apologus]]): fabularum [[cur]] [[sit]] [[inventum]] [[genus]] Brevi docebo, etc., Phaedr. 3, prol. 33: quae (res) vel apologum, vel fabulam vel [[aliquam]] contineat irrisionem, Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25: [[nota]] [[illa]] de membris humanis [[adversus]] ventrem discordantibus [[fabula]], Quint. 5, 11, 19 ([[shortly]] [[before]], [[fabella]]) et saep.—Prov.: [[Lupus]] in [[fabula]] ([[like]] the Engl., [[talk]] of the [[devil]], and he [[will]] [[appear]]), of a [[person]] [[who]] [[comes]] [[just]] as we are [[talking]] [[about]] him, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4; so, [[lupus]] in sermone, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71.<br /><b>făbŭla</b>: v. [[fabulus]].
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|gf=(1) <b>fābŭla</b>,⁹ æ, f. ([[fari]]),<br /><b>1</b> [[propos]] de la foule, conversations : habes omnes fabulas urbis Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 18, 11, voilà tous les [[propos]] de la ville ; [[esse]] in [[fabulis]] Suet. Aug. 70, être l’objet des [[propos]], des conversations ; [[fabula]] [[est]] avec prop. inf., on raconte que : Gell. 19, 12, 6 || [[per]] urbem [[fabula]] quanta fui ! Hor. Epo. 11, 8, comme j’ai fait parler de moi dans toute la ville ! cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 9 ; Tib. 1, 4, 83 ; Prop. 2, 24, 1<br /><b>2</b> [[propos]] familiers, conversations [privées] : Tac. D. 2 ; 29 ; convivales fabulæ Tac. Ann. 6, 11, [[propos]] de table<br /><b>3</b> récit sans garantie historique, récit mythique : inseritur [[huic]] [[loco]] [[fabula]] Liv. 5, 21, 8, ici se place un récit légendaire, cf. Liv. 1, 4, 7 ; 1, 11, 8 ; 10, 9, 13 ; fictæ fabulæ Cic. Fin. 5, 64 ; poeticæ Liv. 1 præf.&nbsp;6, récits fabuleux, légendes poétiques ; [[sicut]] in [[fabulis]] Cic. Leg. 1, 40, comme dans les récits légendaires, cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 4 ; 2, 19 || fabulæ ! Ter. Andr. 224 ; Haut. 336, contes ! chansons ! sornettes ! [[jam]] te premet [[nox]] fabulæque [[Manes]] Hor. O. 1, 4, 16, bientôt tu seras la proie de la nuit éternelle et des mânes, ces légendes<br /><b>4</b> pièce de théâtre : Livianæ fabulæ Cic. Br. 71, les pièces de [[Livius]] [[Andronicus]] ; fabulam dare Cic. Br. 73, faire jouer, donner au public une pièce de théâtre ; docere Cic. Br. 73 ; Tusc. 4, 63, faire représenter une pièce [m. à m., la faire apprendre aux acteurs] ; fabulam ætatis peragere Cic. CM 64, jouer jusqu’au bout le drame de la vie ; hæc [[etiam]] in [[fabulis]] stultissima [[persona]] [[est]], credulorum senum Cic. Læl. 100, c’[[est]], même au théâtre, le [[plus]] sot des personnages que celui des vieillards crédules || quæ hæc [[est]] [[fabula]] ? Ter. Andr. 747, qu’[[est]]-ce que [[cette]] (comédie) histoire-là ? qu’[[est]] cela ? cf. Pl. Pers. 788<br /><b>5</b> conte, fable, apologue : Cic. Inv. 1, 25 ; Quint. 5, 11, 19 ; [[lupus]] in [[fabula]] Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4, c’[[est]] le loup de la fable [il [[est]] arrivé comme le loup de la fable, au moment où on parlait de lui ; [[nos]] [[jam]] [[fabula]] sumus Ter. Hec. 628, nous voici personnages de conte.<br />(2) <b>făbŭla</b>, æ, f. (dim. de [[faba]] ), petite fève : Pl. St. 690.
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