fabulor

Latin

Alternative forms

fābulō

Etymology

From fābula (“narrative, conversation”) +‎ -or, from for (“speak, say”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.bu.lor/, [ˈfäːbʊɫ̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.bu.lor/, [ˈfäːbulor]

Verb

fābulor (present infinitive fābulārī or fābulārier, perfect active fābulātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

to chat, converse, talk
Synonym: garriō
to make up a story

Conjugation

Conjugation of fābulor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fābulor	fābulāris, fābulāre	fābulātur	fābulāmur	fābulāminī	fābulantur
	imperfect	fābulābar	fābulābāris, fābulābāre	fābulābātur	fābulābāmur	fābulābāminī	fābulābantur
	future	fābulābor	fābulāberis, fābulābere	fābulābitur	fābulābimur	fābulābiminī	fābulābuntur
	perfect	fābulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fābulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fābulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fābuler	fābulēris, fābulēre	fābulētur	fābulēmur	fābulēminī	fābulentur
	imperfect	fābulārer	fābulārēris, fābulārēre	fābulārētur	fābulārēmur	fābulārēminī	fābulārentur
	perfect	fābulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fābulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fābulāre	—	—	fābulāminī	—
active	future	—	fābulātor	fābulātor	—	—	fābulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fābulārī, fābulārier¹	fābulātum esse	fābulātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		fābulāns	fābulātus	fābulātūrus	—	—	fābulandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fābulandī	fābulandō	fābulandum	fābulandō	fābulātum	fābulātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

(See also fābellor.)

Dalmatian:
- >? favlur
Italo-Romance:
- >? Italian: fiabbare
North Italian:
- ⇒ Old Emilian: fablança (Bologna)
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Occitan: faular (hapax) ⇒ faulejar
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: fablar
- Asturian: falar
- Extremaduran: falal
- Leonese: falare
- Mirandese: falar
- Old Galician-Portuguese: falar (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish: fablar (see there for further descendants)
Borrowings:
- → French: fabuler
- → German: fabulieren
- → Italian: fabulare
- → Old French: fabler
  - Middle French: fabler
- → Spanish: fabular
- → Swedish: fabulera

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fabulari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 346