Fabius

== 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 ==== Fabia Fabian ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From faba (“bean”) + -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.bi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.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 Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator, a Roman statesman and general Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, a Roman consul Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, a Roman rhetorician ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Fabia Fabiānus === Adjective === Fabius (feminine Fabia, neuter Fabium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Fabia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === 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.