Fabius
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English
Etymology
Latin Fabius, name of a Patrician Roman gens, from faba (“bean”).
Proper noun
Fabius
- A male given name from Latin, of historical use in English.
Related terms
Translations
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfa.bi.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.bi.us/,
Proper noun
Fabius m sg (genitive Fabiī or Fabī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, a Roman consul
- Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, a Roman rhetorician
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Fabius |
| genitive | Fabiī Fabī1 |
| dative | Fabiō |
| accusative | Fabium |
| ablative | Fabiō |
| vocative | Fabī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Adjective
Fabius (feminine Fabia, neuter Fabium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Fabia.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Fabius | Fabia | Fabium | Fabiī | Fabiae | Fabia | |
| genitive | Fabiī | Fabiae | Fabiī | Fabiōrum | Fabiārum | Fabiōrum | |
| dative | Fabiō | Fabiae | Fabiō | Fabiīs | |||
| accusative | Fabium | Fabiam | Fabium | Fabiōs | Fabiās | Fabia | |
| ablative | Fabiō | Fabiā | Fabiō | Fabiīs | |||
| vocative | Fabie | Fabia | Fabium | Fabiī | Fabiae | Fabia | |
References
- “Fabius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Fabius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.