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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fābella</b>: ae, f.<br /> [[dim]]. [[fabula]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[brief]] [[narrative]], a [[short]] [[history]], [[story]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: [[nihil]] debet esse in [[philosophia]] commentariis fabellis loci, Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80: vera, Phaedr. 2, 5, 6: in fabellam excedere, Sen. Ep. 77 med.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[short]] [[fable]], a [[tale]], Phaedr. 4, 7, 22: Haec ([[anus]]) [[tibi]] fabellas referat, etc., Tib. 1, 3, 85: aniles, Hor. S. 2, 6, 78.—Prov.: narrare fabellam asello, to [[preach]] to a [[stone]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[short]] [[play]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3: haec tota [[fabella]], [[quam]] est [[sine]] argumento! id. Cael. 27, 64.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fābella</b>,¹³ æ, f. ([[fabula]]), récit, anecdote, historiette, conte : Cic. Div. 2, 80 &#124;&#124; fable : Tib. 1, 3, 85 ; Hor. S. 2, 6, 78 &#124;&#124; pièce de théâtre : Cic. Q. 2, 16, 3 ; Cæl. 64.||fable : Tib. 1, 3, 85 ; Hor. S. 2, 6, 78||pièce de théâtre : Cic. Q. 2, 16, 3 ; Cæl. 64.
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{{Georges
|georg=fābella, ae, f. (Demin. v. [[fabula]]), I) die kleine Erzählung, [[vera]], Phaedr.: fabellae commenticiae, Cic.: fabellarum auditione duci, Cic.: in fabellam [[excessi]] [[non]] ingratam [[tibi]], Sen. – II) insbes.: a) die [[Fabel]], das [[Märchen]], Aesopi fabellae, Quint.: fab. parva, Phaedr., brevior, Quint.: narrare asello fabellam [[surdo]], Hor.: talem fabellam referre, Phaedr.: referre alci fabellas, Tibull.: si [[nec]] fabellae te iuvant [[nec]] fabulae (Dramen), Phaedr. – b) [[ein]] kleines [[Schauspiel]], Cic. ad Q. fr. 2, 15 (16), 3. Cic. Cael. 64.
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