fabula

American  

[fab-yuh-luh] / ˈfæb yə lə /

noun

plural

fabulae, fabulas

1. a story or tale, especially a fanciful one or a folk tale.

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Other Word Forms

• fabular adjective

Example Sentences

One legacy of this fourth season is that comedy nerds of the future, looking back on the puzzles of it, will all have to learn to talk smartly about fabula and syuzhet.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2013

It abounds with excellent moral reflections, and the same may be said of it with equal justice as of the Captives:— ‘Ad pudicos mores facta est hæc fabula.’

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

Si rect� aspicias, vita h�c est fabula qu�dam.

From Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

Yet the 'Mostellaria' is certainly one of those plays to which the criticism of Horace— Securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,— is peculiarly applicable.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

Hæc fabula docet—Don't be made to feel it's cowardly to use a nom de plume if you want to.

From The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers by Luce, Robert