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T7 the sixth letter of the alphabet, in Ro- 
■F 5 man abbreviations stands for filius ; 
but in Cic. de clar. Orat. c. 48. Festivi- 
tate et facetiis C. Julius L. F. et supe- 
rioribus, &c.,F. is thought by some to 
stand for frater. — In inscriptions, it 
stands for fado ; as V. F., vivens fecit: 
F. 1., fieri jussit: F. C ..faciendum curavit. 
FABA (unc.), ®, f. a kind of pulse, a bean. 
Faba, in Greek Kvapos, is thought by ma¬ 
ny to be different from our bean, which 
was called phaselus. Plin. Inter leguinina 
maximus lionos fable. Id. Faba fracta 
or fresa, pottage made of beans broken 
and bruised together. Cic. Pythagoricis 
interdictum, ne faba vescerenlur. — 
Terent. Istoec in me cudetur faba, h. e. 
hoc malum in me recidet.-IT Figur. 
Plin. Inventus est jam et scapus unus 
centum fabis onustus. h. e. spicis. Id. 
In fabis caprini fimi, h. e. globulis fimi 
fabie magnitudine. 
FABACEOS, and FXBACIOS (faba), a, 
3 um, adj. of or relating to beans, fabaceous, 
fabalis, Kvapeiog. Macrob. Cams deiE 
pulte fabacia et larido sacrificatur. Plin. 
(absol.) Quin et prisco ritu fabacia suae 
religionis diis in sacro est, h. e. fabacia 
puls. 
FABAGINCS (Id.), a, um, adject, of or re- 
3 luting to beans. Cato. 
FXBaLIS (Id.), e, adject, of a bean, be- 
3 lonn-inimo beans. Ovid. Stipulasque fa- 
bales.”-- IT Fabalia, ium, n. bean- 
straws, bean-stalks. Cato and Plin. 
FXBXRIS, is, m. now Farfaro, a river of 
Italy, flowing through the country of the 
Sabines, and emptying into the Tiber. 
Vir<r. Qui Tiberim Fabarimque bibunt. 
FABaRIOS (faba), a, um, adject, same as 
3 Fabaceus. Cato. Pilum fabarium {sc. 
fabis tundendis). Macrob. Fabariie ca- 
lendie, h. c. Junite. 
FXBaTaRIUM (Id.), ii, n. a large vessel 
3 for receiving beans. Lamprid. 
FaBeLiLX (dimin. of fabula), ®, f. a short 
fable, a fable, a story which is not true. 
ilorat. Aniles fabellas garrire. Cic. Nihil 
debet esse in philosophia commentitiis 
fabellis loci. -If Also, a brief tale 
or story which is true. Senec. -IT Al¬ 
so, a play. Cic. 
FABER (facio), fdbri, m. one who works 
3 in. wood, iron, brass, marble, or other hard 
materials; a forger, smith, artificer, han¬ 
dicraftsman, TCKTtov, rexvaarye. Its 
signification is limited by the word 
joined to it, thus, Faber ferrarius, a 
blacksmith; tignarius, a carpenter ; au- 
rarius, a goldsmith, &c. So, Faber 
arris ; marmoris ; eboris, &c. Cic. 
Ego me Phidiam esse mallem, quam 
vel optimum fabrum tignarium. Cats. 
Pnefectus fabrum (the more common 
form of the gen. pi. for fabrorum), di¬ 
rector or overseer of the workmen. — 
Figur. Sallust. Sine quisque fortune 
faber est, the framer, maker. -IT Also, 
Faber, a fish, otherwise called Zeus 
(Zeus Faber of Linn.), the Dory. Plin. 
FABER (Id.), ffibra, fabrum, adject, in¬ 
genious, workmanlike, artificial. Ovid. 
Piedalus ingenio fabric celeberrimus 
artis. Apul. Annulus aureus faberri- 
mo signaculo. 
FABERIaNOS, a, um, adj. of or pertain- 
in a to Faber ins, the name of a Roman 
citizen. Cic. 
FABIANtJS (Fabius), a, um, adj. Fabian. 
Cic. Fabianus fornix, h. e. erected by 
Fabius, the censor. Sueton. Fabiani, 
h. e. persons of the Fabian tribe. 
FABII, orum, m. the name of a very dis¬ 
tinguished Roman gens; the one who 
was first called by the name of Fabius, 
at a time when nearly all the Romans 
were employed in agriculture, was 
probably noted for the cultivation of 
the bean (faba), and hence his name 
was derived. The mother of the first 
Fabius is said to have been the daugh¬ 
ter of Evander, and his father, Hercu¬ 
les ; hence, Silius uses the expressions 
Tirinthia proles and Ilerculei. — The 
family of the Fabii was so numerous, 
that they alone, with their clients and 
slaves, undertook a war against the Vei- 
entes : they were, however, after some 
slight successes, overthrown by the Vei- 
entes, and entirely cut to pieces, not one 
of the number, which was 3013, being 
left alive. The whole family would 
thus have been extinct, had it not been 
that one, who was not of suitable age 
to bear arms, had been left at Rome : 
from this one, by a long line of posteri¬ 
ty, was descended Fabius Maximus, the 
dictator in the war against Annibal. 
FABIOS PI.CT5R, a Roman pairidan, well 
skilled in civil law, literature and antiqui¬ 
ties, is quoted by Plin., Liv., Oell., &c. 
FABIOS, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to one 
of the Fabii. Ovid. Fabke lux, Maxime, 
gentis. Cic. fornix. (See Fabianus.) 
Horat. In Fabia valet, sc. tribu, one of 
the rustic tribes, a very numerous one, 
named from the Fabian gens. 
FABRATERI A, a;, f. now Favateria, Fal- 
vaterra, a town of the Volsci, in Latium. 
Cic. and Juvenal. — Hence, Fabrater- 
nus, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to this 
place. — Fabraterni, orum, the inhabit¬ 
ants. Liv. 
FABRe (faber), adverb, in a workmanlike 
3 manner, skilfully, ingeniously. Plant. 
Hoc factum est fabre. Apul. Navis fa- 
berrime facta. 
FXBReFACIS, or FXBRe FACI5 (fabre 
2 & facio), is, feci, factum, a. 3. to make 
or devise, build skilfully. Murel. Viet. 
Classem fabrefecit. Liv. Ex a;re multa 
fabrefacta. — Figur. Plant. Fallacia fa- 
lire facta est* 
FABRIC A (faber), a;, f. a workshop, place 
to work in, ipyaorypiov, proprie estfabri 
officina. Veget. Fabric® armorum.- 
IT Also, the art of framing, working, 
making, building, or forging. Plin. Fa- 
brica ferrea, h. e. ars ducendi ferrum. 
Cic. Omnis fabrica reris et ferri.- 
IT Also, the work itself, construction, 
fabric. Cic. Admirabilis fabrica mem- 
brorum animantium.-IT Figur. a 
device, trick, stratagem. Terent. Nonne 
ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? 
-IT Also,' adjcctively. Pandect. Servus 
arte fabrica peritus. 
FXBRICATI5 (fabrico), onis, f. a making, 
1 framing, building, forging ; work. Cic. 
Si erit tota hominis fabricatio perspecta, 
Vitruv. Fabricationes sdificiorum. Id. 
Pythagoras normam sine artificis fabri 
cationibus inventam ostendit. 
IT Figur. Cic. In verbo fabricatio, h. e. 
artificium, ars, artifice. 
FABRICATOR (Id.), oris, m. a maker, 
1 framer, forger, contriver. Cic. Utrum 
ille fabricator tanti operis sit imitatus 
exemplar. Virg. Doli fabricator. Jul. 
Firmic. Fabricatores deorum, h. e. who 
make statues of the gods. 
FXBRICXTRIX (fabricator), Icis, f. that 
3 makes, causes, produces. Lactant. Mor¬ 
tis fabricatrix voluptas. 
FXBRICATOS (fabrico), us, m. the same 
3 as Fabricatio. Used only in abl. sing. 
Sidon. 
FXBRICeNSIS (fabrica), is, m. one who is 
3 employed in the public workshops in mak¬ 
ing arms. Cod. Justin. 
FXBRICIANOS (Fabricius), a, um, adj. 
Fabrician. Cic. 
FXBRICIOS, a, um, a Roman gentile (gen¬ 
tis) name. — Adj. Fabrician. Horat. 
pons, a bridge which led to an island in 
the Tiber (it’is now called Ponlemli quat- 
tro capi). — Substant. C. Fabricius, for 
instance, who conducted the war against 
Pyrrhus and the Samnites, and is famous 
for his poverty, moderation and disinter¬ 
estedness. Cic. 
FABRICS, as, avi, atum, a. 1. and FX- 
BRICOR (faber), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. 
to make, .frame, forge, construct, byild, 
t cVr'aTonpaTffahriti artequidpiam facio. 
Cic. Pictores, et ii, qui signa fabrican- 
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tur, suum quisque opus a vulgo conside¬ 
red vult. Id. Capitolii fastigium illud 
non venustas, sed necessitas ipsa fabri¬ 
cate est. Id. Qui fabricatus gladium 
est. Id. Jovi fulmen fabricati Cyclo¬ 
pes. Tacit. Pontes et scalas fabricati. 
Id. Naves fabricatur piano alveo. Ov¬ 
id. Cratera fabricaverat Alcon. Sueton. 
Fabricavit et de cedris Liburnicas, gem- 
matis puppibus. Phccdr. Fabricasset 
Argus opere Palladio ratem. Vellci. 
Speciosissima fabricata classe. Apul. 
Prandium fabricatur opipare, Ii. e. pre¬ 
pares. — Figur. Senec. Philosophia ani- 
mum format et fabrica t,/as/iions. ManiL 
JEtheriusque Platon, et qui fabricave¬ 
rat ilium, damnatusque suas melius 
damnavit Athenas, h. c. instituerat, do- 
cuerat. Cic. Nihil est clarius ivapyeia, 
ut Grsci: perspicuitatem, aut eviden- 
tiam nos, si placet, noininemus ; fabri- 
cemurque, si opus erit, verba, let. us in¬ 
vent or form new words. -IT In pass. 
Quintil. Dum ilia verba fabricentur, et 
vox pr®paretur.-IT Also, to frame a 
crafty device, to contrive, devise. Plant 
Fabricare quidvis, quidvis comtninis- 
cere, perficito, argentum hodie ut habeat 
filius. 
FXBRICOS (faber), a, um, adj. See Fa¬ 
brica. 
FXBRILIS (Id.), e, adj. of a workman or 
1 artist, pertaining, belonging to or made by 
a workman. Cic. Erratum fabrile putavi. 
Liv. Fabrile scalprum. Ovid. Et quod 
opus fabrilis dextra tenebat, e.xcidit. 
Id. Mars quoque deprensus fabrilia vin¬ 
cula sensit. Plin. Fabrile glutinum. 
_IT Fabrilia, ium, the things or tools 
of workmen. Ilorat. Tractant fabrilia 
fabri, mechanics handle the tools of me¬ 
chanics. 
FXBRiLITER (fabrilis), adverb, ingeni- 
3 ously, in a workmanlike manner. Prudent. 
FABOLX (from fari, with antepenult. 
long), a, f. a narration, narrative, ac¬ 
count, talk, report, rumor, common talk , 
the subject of common talk ; hearsay , ru¬ 
mor, A 6yos, pv$o;. Ovid. Fabula narra- 
ta est postquam vulgaris ab illo, lauda- 
runt omnes facta, piamque fidem. Cic. 
Fabula ficta, a tale, fable. Plin. Lp. 
Sunt omnes fabul® Tullus, all the conver¬ 
sation turns upon Tullus. Horat. Asi- 
n»que paternum cognomen vertas in 
risum, et fabula fias, and become tlie 
town’s talk. Id. Fabula quanta fill! a 
subject of common talk. Ovid. Fabula 
tota jactaris in urbe, you Are talked of all 
over the city. Sueton. Ccena ejus secre- 
tior fuit in fabulis, was much talked of, 
was noised abroad. — Also, conversation. 
jluct. dial, de Oratorib. 2. Fabul® eorum, 
et disputationes et arcana semot® dic- 
tionis. — Hence the proverb Lupus m 
fabula, the wolf comes while they talk 
about him ; the very man we are talking 
about. Cic. and Terent. -IT Also, a 
fictitious narrative or statement, tale, sto¬ 
ry, fable. Terent. Fabulam mceptat. 
Cic. Me cogis etiam fabulis credeie. 
Ovid. Non fabula rumor ille fuit, h. e. 
non fuit fictus. Horat. J an l , l e preme 
nox, fabul®que Manes, the fabulous Ma¬ 
nes. Phwdr. Fabularum cur sit mven- 
tum genus, fables. Quintil. A^sop- 
— Hence, in reply to a person whom 
we do not believe, Fabul® (absol .),men 
stories, all false! stuff! nonsense! fidget 
Terent. (Sy.) Vera causa est. (Cft.M*- 
bulie. ---IT Also, a play, drama, ^“ r "'. 
matic exhibition, whether tragedy 
edy. Cic. AEschyli. Quintil. Fabulas 
in scenam componere. — The ph■ . 
Fabulam dare, and docere, are useooi 
those who compose plays and give t 
the actors to be represented; to exlno 
play; it may mean simply to ^ P 
Went., Cic. and Ilorat. - Fabulam 
agere, to act, play, perform- . L, 
Hence, Terent. Qu® h®c est fabu'^ 
what play is performing here] whatwvu^ 
meaning of this ! what is going 
