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.
fābŭlōsus , a, um, adj. fabula, II.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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