LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fābulōsus

fābulōsus (feminine fābulōsa, neuter fābulōsum)
Classical[faː.bʊˈɫoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[fa.buˈlɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefabled, fabulous (celebrated in fable), legendary

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefābulōsusfābulōsafābulōsum
genitivefābulōsīfābulōsaefābulōsī
dativefābulōsōfābulōsaefābulōsō
accusativefābulōsumfābulōsamfābulōsum
ablativefābulōsōfābulōsāfābulōsō
vocativefābulōsefābulōsafābulōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefābulōsīfābulōsaefābulōsa
genitivefābulōsōrumfābulōsārumfābulōsōrum
dativefābulōsīsfābulōsīsfābulōsīs
accusativefābulōsōsfābulōsāsfābulōsa
ablativefābulōsīsfābulōsīsfābulōsīs
vocativefābulōsīfābulōsaefābulōsa

fābŭlōsus, a, um, adj. fabula, II.,
I. fabulous, celebrated in fable (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): quae loca fabulosus Lambit Hydaspes, Hor. C. 1, 22, 7: palumbes, id. ib. 3, 4, 9: fab. aut commenticia res, Suet. Caes. 81: carmina Graecorum, rich in fables, Curt. 3, 1, 2: fabulosum arbitror de strigibus, etc., Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232; cf.: mihi totum de Tyndaridis fabulosum videtur, Quint. 11, 2, 16: fabulosa et externis miraculis adsimulata, Tac. A. 11, 11.— Comp.: anulus, Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 8.—Sup.: mons Atlas, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 5.—Transf., incredible, great, fabulous: cum fabulosa multitudine, Amm. 23, 6, 7.—Adv.: fābŭ-lōse, fabulously: insulae fabulose narratae, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 143: fabulose multa de hominum aevo referens ... et reliqua fabulosius, id. 7, 48, 49, § 153.—Comp: fabulosius canere, Amm. 23, 6.—Sup.: narrata colonia, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂ti
  3. Proto-Italic*fāōr
  4. Latinfābulōsus

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Latin -bula Latin fābula Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin fābulōsus From fābula + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalanfabulós
  • Englishfabulous
  • Frenchfabuleux
  • Italianfavoloso
  • Portuguesefabuloso
  • Romanianfabulos
  • Spanishfabuloso
  • Normanfabuleux

In English words that came into English from fābulōsus

  • fabulousfābulōsus
  • fabulosityfabulositas

Quick answers

What does fābulōsus mean in Latin?
fābulōsus, a adjective, means “fabled, fabulous (celebrated in fable), legendary”.
How do you pronounce fābulōsus?
In classical Latin, [faː.bʊˈɫoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fa.buˈlɔː.s̬us].
Where does fābulōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti → Proto-Italic *fāōr → Latin fābulōsus.