fābŭlōsus — Lewis & Short
fābŭlōsus, a, um, adj.fabula, II.,
I fabulous, celebrated in fable (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
quae loca fabulosus Lambit Hydaspes,Hor. C. 1, 22, 7:
palumbes,id. ib. 3, 4, 9:
fab. aut commenticia res,Suet. Caes. 81:
carmina Graecorum,rich in fables, Curt. 3, 1, 2:
fabulosum arbitror de strigibus, etc.,Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232; cf.:
mihi totum de Tyndaridis fabulosum videtur,Quint. 11, 2, 16:
fabulosa et externis miraculis adsimulata,Tac. A. 11, 11.— Comp.:
anulus,Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 8.—Sup.:
mons Atlas,Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 5.—Transf., incredible, great, fabulous:
cum fabulosa multitudine,Amm. 23, 6, 7.—Adv.: fābŭ-lōse, fabulously:
insulae fabulose narratae,Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 143:
fabulose multa de hominum aevo referens ... et reliqua fabulosius,id. 7, 48, 49, § 153.—Comp:
fabulosius canere,Amm. 23, 6.—Sup.:
narrata colonia,Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 2.