Fabius

English

Etymology

Latin Fabius, name of a Patrician Roman gens, from faba (“bean”).

Proper noun

Fabius

  1. A male given name from Latin, of historical use in English.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From faba (“bean”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fabius m sg (genitive Fabiī or Fabī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, a Roman consul
    2. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, a Roman rhetorician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case 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

  1. of or pertaining to the gens Fabia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Fabius Fabia Fabium Fabiī Fabiae Fabia
Genitive Fabiī Fabiae Fabiī Fabiōrum Fabiārum Fabiōrum
Dative Fabiō 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.
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