fabulose

See also: fabulöse

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti

Proto-Italic *fāōr

Latin for, fā-

Latin -bula

Latin fābula

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.

Latin -ōsus

Latin fābulōsus

Latin -ē

Latin fābulōsē

From fābulōsus + -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [faː.bʊˈɫoː.seː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fa.buˈlɔː.s̬e]

Adverb

fābulōsē (comparative fābulōsius, superlative fābulōsissimē)

1. fabulously, falsely

References

• “fabulose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "fabulose", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “fabulose”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fābulōse

1. vocative masculine singular of fābulōsus