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  • 1 fabula

    1.
    fābŭla, ae, f. [fari], a narration, narrative, account, story; the subject of common talk.
    I.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: narratio, fasti, annales, res gestae, historia): additur fabulae, quo vulgo Sabini aureas armillas brachio laevo habuerint, pepigisse eam, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 11, 8:

    poëticae (opp. incorrupta rerum gestarum monumenta), id. praef. § 6: Ummidius, qui tam (non longa est fabula) dives, ut, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 95; id. Ep. 1, 2, 6:

    mutato nomine de te fabula narratur,

    id. S. 1, 1, 70:

    asinaeque paternum Cognomen vertas in risum et fabula flas,

    the common talk, town's talk, id. Ep. 1, 13, 9; cf.:

    heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui!

    id. Epod. 11, 8:

    fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urbe,

    you are talked of all over the city, Ov. Am. 8, 1, 21; cf. Suet. Aug. 70; id. Dom. 15; Mart. 3, 14:

    habes omnes fabulas urbis,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

    nova fabula,

    the news, Juv. 1, 145:

    semper formosis fabula poena fuit,

    Prop. 2, 32, 26 (3, 30, 26 M.):

    a diverticulo repetatur fabula,

    let us return to our story, Juv. 15, 72.—
    B.
    Transf., conversation (post-Aug.):

    ut fabulas quoque eorum et disputationes et arcana semotae dictionis penitus exciperem,

    conversations, Tac. Or. 2:

    praeceptores cum auditoribus suis fabulas habent,

    id. ib. 29; cf.:

    cum inter fabulas privatas sermo esset ortus, quanti, etc.,

    in private conversation, Lampr. Heliog. 25.—With a dependent clause:

    ne id accidat, quod cuipiam Thraco venisse usu, fabula est,

    is related, Gell. 19, 12, 6.—
    2.
    In vulg. lang. (like the Germ. Geschichte), affair, concern, matter:

    sed quid ego aspicio? quae haec fabula'st?

    what sort of an affair is this? Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 4, 4, 8.
    II.
    In partic. (freq. and class.), a fictitious narrative, a tale, story (syn.: apologus, narratio): narrationum tris accepimus species, fabulam, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus non a veritate modo, sed etiam a forma veritatis remota, argumentum... historiam, etc., Quint. 2, 4, 2:

    haec res agetur nobis, vobis fabula,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 52:

    peregrino narrare fabulas,

    id. Men. 5, 1, 24:

    num igitur me cogis etiam fabulis credere? quae delectationis habeant quantum voles... auctoritatem quidem nullam debemus nec fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113; cf.:

    fictis fabulis,

    id. Mil. 3, 8:

    antiquitas recepit fabulas, fictas etiam nonnumquam incondite,

    id. Rep. 2, 10; cf.:

    a fabulis ad facta venire,

    id. ib. 2, 2 fin.:

    minor fabulis habetur fides,

    id. ib. 2, 10:

    saepe fabulis fidem firmare (consuerant),

    Suet. Rhet. 1 med.;

    Liv. praef. § 6: non fabula rumor Ille fuit,

    Ov. M. 10, 561:

    fabulam inceptat,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 22:

    quid tamen ista velit sibi fabula, ede,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 61:

    fabulae!

    mere stories! stuff! nonsense! Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. And. 1, 3, 19:

    ne convivialium fabularum simplicitas in crimen duceretur,

    Tac. A. 6, 11 fin.:

    sufficiunt duae fabulae, an tertiam poscis?

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 9.—In apposition:

    jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes (= fabulosi, inanes),

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16:

    civis et manes et fabula fies,

    Pers. 5, 152:

    nos jam fabula sumus,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 14.—So of idle tales:

    ineptas et aniles fabulas devita,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 7 al.—
    B.
    Of particular kinds of poetry.
    1.
    Most freq., a dramatic poem, drama, play (syn.:

    ludus, cantus, actio, etc.): in full, fabula scaenica,

    Amm. 28, 1, 4;

    or, theatralis,

    id. 14, 6, 20:

    fabula ad actum scenarum composita,

    Quint. 5, 10, 9; cf. id. 11, 3, 73 sq.:

    Livianae fabulae non satis dignae, quae iterum legantur. Atque hic Livius primus fabulam, C. Clodio Caeci filio et M. Tuditano Cos. docuit,

    produced, Cic. Brut. 18, 72; v. doceo, II. init.; cf.: fabulam dare, under do, II. H.; so,

    facere,

    Varr. L. L. 5, 8:

    neque histrioni ut placeat, peragenda fabula est,

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 70:

    securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176:

    neve minor neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    id. A. P. 190:

    M. Pacuvii nova fabula,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

    Terentii,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 21:

    Attae,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 80 et saep.:

    in fabulis stultissima persona,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 100 et saep.— Transf.:

    non solum unum actum, sed totam fabulam confecissem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34.—
    2.
    A fable (cf. apologus):

    fabularum cur sit inventum genus Brevi docebo, etc.,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 33:

    quae (res) vel apologum, vel fabulam vel aliquam contineat irrisionem,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25:

    nota illa de membris humanis adversus ventrem discordantibus fabula,

    Quint. 5, 11, 19 (shortly before, fabella) et saep.—Prov.: Lupus in fabula (like the Engl., talk of the devil, and he will appear), of a person who comes just as we are talking about him, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4; so,

    lupus in sermone,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71.
    2.
    făbŭla, v. fabulus.

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  • 2 fābula

        fābula ae, f    [1 FA-], a narration, narrative, account, story, tale: poëticae, L.: longa, H.: de te Fabula narratur, H.: et fabula fias, the common talk, H.: volgaris, O.: nova, news, Iu.: a diverticulo repetatur fabula, let us return to our story, Iu.: fabulae conviviales, conversation, Ta. — An affair, concern, matter, talk: quam mihi surdo narret fabulam, how deaf I am to his talk, T.: quae haec est fabula? what does this mean? T.— A fictitious narrative, tale, story, fiction, fable: ut ad fabulas veniamus: fabulis credere: a fabulis ad facta venire: non fabula rumor Ille fuit, O.: fabulae! tales! T.: fabulae Manes (i. e. fabulosi), H.— A dramatic poem, drama, play: in primā fabulā, when the play opens, T.: primus fabulam docuit: Securus, cadat an stet fabula, H.: neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula, H.: in fabulis persona.— A fable, story with a lesson: fabularum genus, Ph.: quae (res) vel apologum, vel fabulam contineat.—Prov.: Lupus in fabulā, talk of the devil (of a person who comes while talked about), T.— A plot, action, story (of a play or poem), H.
    * * *
    story, tale, fable; play, drama

    fabulae! -- rubbish!, nonsense!

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  • 3 Lupus

    1.
    lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.
    I.
    Lit.:

    torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

    Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

    Martialis lupus,

    sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

    Martius,

    Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

    lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

    Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

    lupi Moerim videre priores,

    Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

    atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

    de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

    Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—
    (β).
    Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—
    (γ).
    Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—
    (δ).
    Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

    ovem lupo committere,

    to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

    o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

    Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

    plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

    Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—
    (ε).
    Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

    as in English,

    to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—
    (ζ).
    Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—
    (η).
    Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—
    (θ).
    Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—
    B.
    A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—
    C.
    A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

    et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—
    D.
    A hook with which things were hoisted:

    in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

    Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—
    E.
    A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—
    F.
    The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.
    2.
    Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.

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  • 4 lupus

    1.
    lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.
    I.
    Lit.:

    torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

    Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

    Martialis lupus,

    sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

    Martius,

    Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

    lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

    Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

    lupi Moerim videre priores,

    Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

    atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

    de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

    Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—
    (β).
    Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—
    (γ).
    Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—
    (δ).
    Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

    ovem lupo committere,

    to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

    o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

    Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

    plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

    Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—
    (ε).
    Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

    as in English,

    to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—
    (ζ).
    Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—
    (η).
    Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—
    (θ).
    Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—
    B.
    A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—
    C.
    A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

    et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—
    D.
    A hook with which things were hoisted:

    in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

    Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—
    E.
    A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—
    F.
    The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.
    2.
    Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.

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  • 5 lupus

        lupus ī, m     a wolf: Torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam, V.: fulvus, O.: Martialis, sacred to Mars, H.: Ambigui, i. e. men in the form of wolves, O.—It was said that a man seen by a wolf before he saw the wolf lost his speech: vox quoque Moerim Iam fugit ipsa; lupi Moerim videre priores, V.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā, talk of the devil, and he appears, T., C.: auribus teneo lupum, i. e. am in great difficulty, T.: Hac urget lupus, hac canis, between two fires, H.: ovem lupo commisti, intrust a sheep to a wolf, T.: tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. care not at all, V.—A voracious fish, wolffish, pike, H., V.—A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (see lupatus): (equus) accipit ore lupos, O.—A hook, grappling iron: lupi ferrei, L.
    * * *
    wolf; grappling iron

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