fable (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Any fictitious story1. fābŭla (esp. with an attributive,)2. expr. by fictus, commenticiusII. An apologue1. fābŭla2. ăpŏlŏgus (a story with an additional meaning to it; a species comprehended under the genus fabula)3. narrātio ficta, commenticia (a fictitious story, of whatever kind) • fable (subs.): I. Any fictitious story: 1. fābŭla (esp. with an attributive,): poetic f.s, f. poeticae, Liv.: imaginary f.s, fictae f., Cic.: would you have me believe f.s? num me cogis fabulis credere? Cic. Div. 2., 55, 113. 2. expr. by fictus, commenticius: v. fiction. II. An apologue: 1. fābŭla: Phaedr.: Hor. Dimin. fābella, a short, little f., Phaedr. (who uses the twoeye words interchangeably). 2. ăpŏlŏgus (a story with an additional meaning to it; a species comprehended under the genus fabula): to tell any one a f. (parable), agere alicui a., Pl.: cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25: Gell. (who so calls the f.s of Esop: Noct. Att. 2, 29). 3. narrātio ficta, commenticia (a fictitious story, of whatever kind): v. story.