Latin idioms: "Fabula, sed vera"


	Latin idioms: "Fabula, sed vera"

Johanna_G

5-10-2008 1:46 PM

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fables, parables, myths, legends, fairy tales, truth, latin

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5-10-2008 7:12 PM

alanocu

thank you! very good to know this!

5-10-2008 7:16 PM

carrerinyes

Very interesting!

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More important, in the Romance languages, the late Latin word <EM>fabulare</EM>, "to tell stories, to narrate," came to have a more and more general meaning until it became the standard verb of speaking, as in Spanish <EM>hablar</EM>, which is directly descended from Latin <EM>fabulare</EM>, as is the Portuguese <EM>falar</EM>. The Greek word <EM>parabola</EM>, "parable," gave rise to a similar late Latin word, <EM>parabolare</EM>, also meaning "to tell stories," and this in turn gave rise to the Italian <EM>parlare</EM> and French <EM>parler</EM>. The poor Latin <EM>loquor</EM> did not have much of a future at all, compared to the fortunes of <EM>fabulare</EM> and <EM>parabolare</EM>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://audiolatinproverbs.blogspot.com/2007/01/fabula-sed-vera.html"><DIV>
<STRONG>17. Fabula, sed vera. </STRONG>
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