fabella

English

Etymology

From New Latin fabella, diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”).

Noun

fabella (plural fabellae)

  1. (anatomy) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of fābula.

Noun

fābella f (genitive fābellae); first declension

  1. (short) story, fable, play

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fābella fābellae
Genitive fābellae fābellārum
Dative fābellae fābellīs
Accusative fābellam fābellās
Ablative fābellā fābellīs
Vocative fābella fābellae

Descendants

References
  • fabella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fabella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fabella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fabella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an anecdote: narratiuncula, fabella (Fin. 5. 15)
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