Fabius

English

Etymology

Latin Fabius, name of a Patrician Roman gens, from faba (“bean”).

Proper noun

Fabius

1. A male given name from Latin, of historical use in English.

Related terms

• Fabia
• Fabian

Translations

male given name

• Italian: Fabio (it)
• Portuguese: Fábio (pt) m
• Spanish: Fabio (es)

Latin

Etymology

From faba (“bean”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.bi.us/, [ˈfäbiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.bi.us/, [ˈfäːbius]

Proper noun

Fabius m sg (genitive Fabiī or Fabī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, a Roman consul
   2. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, a Roman rhetorician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fabius
genitive	Fabiī Fabī1
dative	Fabiō
accusative	Fabium
ablative	Fabiō
vocative	Fabī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Fabia
• Fabiānus

Adjective

Fabius (feminine Fabia, neuter Fabium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Fabia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Fabius	Fabia	Fabium		Fabiī	Fabiae	Fabia
genitive	Fabiī	Fabiae	Fabiī		Fabiōrum	Fabiārum	Fabiōrum
dative	Fabiō	Fabiae	Fabiō		Fabiīs
accusative	Fabium	Fabiam	Fabium		Fabiōs	Fabiās	Fabia
ablative	Fabiō	Fabiā	Fabiō		Fabiīs
vocative	Fabie	Fabia	Fabium		Fabiī	Fabiae	Fabia

References

• “Fabius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Fabius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.