făbŭlus, i, m. dim. [faba, perh. masc. in analogy with κύαμος],
a small bean , Cato R. R. 70, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4; Gell. 4, 11, 1 and 10: fabulis, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 8 (where a nom. fabula is sometimes unnecessarily assumed).