But it also means...
To articulate; to use words to express meaning. To communicate with others by means of words. Fabulare®
is about the written word and about using language -and languages- to be understood.
Classical Latin often had two separate words that could express the same idea. As Latin evolved into the Romance languages, one of these words was generally left behind, and the other remained to take its place in everyday language. For example, the Latin verb LOQUI, "to speak", did not pass into the Romance languages in any form, but its place was taken by PARABOLARE, giving rise to parler
in French, parlar in Catalan and parlare in Italian; and to FABULARE, the root of Portuguese falar
and hablar
in Spanish.
Hablar; to talk; speech: an essential form of communication between human beings.
Fabulare®
; communication through words and images.