"fabula" by the way, is a Polish word meaning, roughly, the plot or narrative of a story. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
It comes from the Latin fabula, meaning story or fable, and generally connotes something that is so grand as to seem mythical or legendary. From Wordnik.com. [Please Return The Word Gay] Reference
Spanish and Portuguese it comes from "fabula" (fable). From Wordnik.com. [Opera Today] Reference
Another "fabula" descendant that continues to tell tales in English is "fable.". From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
“Lupus in fabula,” answered the Abbot, scornfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Monastery] Reference
De te fabula narratur: about you will the story be told. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Naiman: Britain's Budget Cuts - Will the Bell Toll For Us?] Reference
Audita altera parte acta est fabula, ab falso quod libet. From Wordnik.com. [Another unintelligent move - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
“Longa est fabula, longæ ambages;” this is “Caput rei.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed] Reference
'Haec propter illos scripta est homines fabula, qui fictis causis innocentes opprimunt'. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
Gestit enim nummum in loculos demittere, post hoc securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
The pupil was left to make his own deduction and the formal "haec fabula docet" was omitted. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the McGuffey Readers] Reference
Comp.: prologus enormior quam fabula, longer, Spart. From Wordnik.com. [Laudator Temporis Acti] Reference
Horunc hic nunc causa haec agitur spectatorum fabula. From Wordnik.com. [The Dramatic Values in Plautus] Reference
Sed vndecunque est, fabula est, nec veritatis micam habet. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01] Reference
'Non pudet Laconas ne pugna quidem hostium, sed fabula vinci?. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal] Reference
"Serve him right" sums up the one view, "De te fabula" the other. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century] Reference
Efl pocius frriptura ipfa fabula, quoad compofitionem five artiHcium fpeflata. From Wordnik.com. [Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae sex novissime recognitae cum selecta varietate lectionum et ...] Reference
Mutato nomine, de te fabula narratur -- Change but the name, to you the tale belongs. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)] Reference
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