fābŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [fabula, II.],
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.