fabulator

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fābŭlātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a narrator, a story-teller (post-Aug.).
I In gen.: elegantissimus, Sen. Ep. 122 med.: lectoribus aut fabulatoribus arcessitis, Suet. Aug. 78; Gell. 3, 10, 11; Vulg. Baruch, 3, 23.—
II A fabulist: Aesopus ille e Phrygia fabulator, Gell. 2, 29, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

fābŭlātŏr,¹⁵ ōris, m. (fabulor), conteur, narrateur : Sen. Ep. 122, 15 || fabuliste : Gell. 2, 29, 1.

Latin > German (Georges)

fābulātor, ōris, m. (fabulor) = μυθολόγος (Gloss.), a) der Erzähler von Geschichten u. Märchen, als Schriftsteller, Gell. 3, 10, 11: als mündlicher Unterhalter, Sen. ep. 122, 15: bes. von Beruf, der Sagen-u. Märchenerzähler, Suet. Aug. 78; dah. Schwätzer, Vulg. Baruch 3, 23. – b) insbes., der Fabeldichter, Gell. 2, 29. § 1.