fabulator

English

Noun

fabulator (plural fabulators)

1. (dated) One who writes, studies or recites fables frequently; often professionally

Synonyms

• author
• storyteller

Latin

Etymology

From fābulor +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /faː.buˈlaː.tor/, [fäːbʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.buˈla.tor/, [fäbuˈläːt̪or]

Noun

fābulātor m (genitive fābulātōris); third declension

1. storyteller

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fābulātor	fābulātōrēs
Genitive	fābulātōris	fābulātōrum
Dative	fābulātōrī	fābulātōribus
Accusative	fābulātōrem	fābulātōrēs
Ablative	fābulātōre	fābulātōribus
Vocative	fābulātor	fābulātōrēs

Descendants

• → English: fabulator

Verb

fābulātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of fābulor

References

• “fabulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fabulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.