fabulosus

Latin

Etymology

From fābula +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /faː.buˈloː.sus/, [fäːbʊˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.buˈlo.sus/, [fäbuˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

fābulōsus (feminine fābulōsa, neuter fābulōsum); first/second-declension adjective

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fābulōsus	fābulōsa	fābulōsum		fābulōsī	fābulōsae	fābulōsa
genitive	fābulōsī	fābulōsae	fābulōsī		fābulōsōrum	fābulōsārum	fābulōsōrum
dative	fābulōsō	fābulōsae	fābulōsō		fābulōsīs
accusative	fābulōsum	fābulōsam	fābulōsum		fābulōsōs	fābulōsās	fābulōsa
ablative	fābulōsō	fābulōsā	fābulōsō		fābulōsīs
vocative	fābulōse	fābulōsa	fābulōsum		fābulōsī	fābulōsae	fābulōsa

Derived terms

• fābulōsē
• fābulōsitās

Descendants

• Catalan: fabulós
• English: fabulous
• French: fabuleux
• Italian: favoloso
• Norman: fabuleux
• Portuguese: fabuloso
• Romanian: fabulos
• Spanish: fabuloso

References

• “fabulosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fabulosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fabulosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.