STORY Copy link • STORYA short and amusing narrative, fabella (Cic.): narratiuncula (Quint.: ☞ historiola is without authority). To fill one’s head with idle stories, centones sarcire (Plin.). A mere story, res ficta; fabula; fabula ficta. History, Vid: Floor, [Vid :, FLOOR = story].: Of one story, domus, quae unam tabulationem habet (Vid: Vitr., 6, 5, 7).