fable (v.) Copy link Outline 1. commĭniscor, mentus, 32. expr. by fābŭla • fable (v.): 1. commĭniscor, mentus, 3: Epicurus f.d an idle race of gods, Epicurus deos nihil agentes commentus est, Cic.: v. to invent, FABRICATE. Join: confingere et comminisci, Auct. Her. 2. expr. by fābŭla: not without reason has it been f.d that Orestes ..., non sine causa fictis f. homines memoriae prodiderunt, Orestem, etc., Cic. Mil. 3, 8: it is further f.d that ..., additur fabulae quod, etc., Liv. 1, 11: as it is f.d, ut est in fabulis (R. and A.): v. preced. art.