fabella
See also: Fabella
English edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin fabella, diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fabella (plural fabellae)
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From fābula + -la (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
fābella f (genitive fābellae); first declension
- Diminutive of fābula (“fable, tale, story”)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fābella | fābellae |
Genitive | fābellae | fābellārum |
Dative | fābellae | fābellīs |
Accusative | fābellam | fābellās |
Ablative | fābellā | fābellīs |
Vocative | fābella | fābellae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Italian: favella
- Old French: favele
- → English: favel
- Polish: fabuła
- Portuguese: fabela
- Romansch: faveala, faviala
- → Spanish: fabela
Etymology 2 edit
faba (“bean”) + -ellus. From its bean-like shape and size, in some animals.
Noun edit
fabella f
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fabella | fabellae |
Genitive | fabellae | fabellārum |
Dative | fabellae | fabellīs |
Accusative | fabellam | fabellās |
Ablative | fabellā | fabellīs |
Vocative | fabella | fabellae |
References edit
- “fabella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fabella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fabella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fabella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- an anecdote: narratiuncula, fabella (Fin. 5. 15)
- an anecdote: narratiuncula, fabella (Fin. 5. 15)