făbŭlus (noun M) : dim.faba, perh. masc. in analogy with κύαμος
* A small bean, Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4; Gell, 4, 11, 1 and 10: fabulis,Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 8 (where a nom. fabula is sometimes unnecessarily assumed).

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