English → Latin
“fabulous” in Latin
fābulōsusfabled, fabulous (celebrated in fable), legendaryfābulorto chat, converse, talk; to make up a storyfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangecommentīciusinvented, devised, fabricated; imaginary; fictitiousfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint; to mistake, be mistaken, deceive oneself; to escape the historiaa history; an account; a storymȳthologiamythologyfābuladiscourse, narrative; a fable, tale, story; a play
The English word fabulous itself goes back to Latin fābula, through fābulōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fabulous
fabulosus (like a fable, μυθώδης; but also belonging to a fable or myth; e.g., gods): fabularis (that belongs to or concerns a fable or mythology, μυθικός; e.g., historia, Suet., Tib., 70): fictus: commenticius: falsus (fictitious, untrue). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fictus et commenticius. Fabulous history, historia fabularis (the mythic and heroic history, Suet., Tib., 70); mythologia (grammatically), or fabulae (the fables or myths collectively; e.g., ut est in fabulis).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fabulous?
- The usual Latin words for “fabulous” are fābulōsus, fābulor, fingō; also commentīcius, fallō, historia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.