English → Latin
“story” in Latin
fābuladiscourse, narrative; a fable, tale, story; a playnārrātiōnarration, narrative, storydomushouse, home (the building where a person lives); any dwelling-place or abode (of people or animals); the place of one's
The English word story itself goes back to Latin historia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
story
A short and amusing narrative, fabella (Cic.): narratiuncula (Quint.: ☞ historiola is without authority). To fill one’s head with idle stories, centones sarcire (Plin.). A mere story, res ficta; fabula; fabula ficta.
History, Vid:
Floor, [Vid :, FLOOR = story].: Of one story, domus, quae unam tabulationem habet (Vid: Vitr., 6, 5, 7).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for story?
- The usual Latin words for “story” are fābula, nārrātiō, domus. 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.