narro — Lewis & Short
narro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.for gnarigo (gnarigavit, Fest. p. 95) from gnarus; Sanscr. gnā, know; Gr. gignw/skw; cf.: nosco (gnosco), ignoro,
I to tell, relate, narrate, report, recount, set forth (syn.: memoro, nuntio, trado).
I Lit.:
quid mihi istaec narras?Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 18:
ego tibi ea narro quae tu melius scis, quam ipse, qui narro,Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 6:
garrula pericula,Juv. 12 82., —With acc. and inf.:
mihi Philargyrus narravit, te interdum sollicitum esse vehementius,Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 6:
Clitarchus tibi narravit Darium ab Alexandro esse superatum,id. ib. 2, 10, 3:
ne narres te sudavisse ferendo Carmina,Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 16:
narrare virtutem alicujus,Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84:
cibos suos homini narrabimus,set forth, explain, id. 20 praef.:
narrat, ut virgo ab se integra etiam tum siet,Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 70.—Pass.:
ut ita narrentur ut gestae res erunt,Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29:
haec inter paucos palam secreto narrantur,id. Fam. 8, 1, 4:
in comoediis res ipsa narratur,id. ib. 9, 22, 1:
quae in provinciis facta narrabantur,Liv. 39, 6, 6; Quint. 3, 8, 11; 4, 2, 76; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 3; Suet. Calig. 22:
rationes ... satis narratas,Tac. A. 11, 11.—With de:
quā (epistulā) Crassi libertum ais tibi de meā sollicitudine macieque narrāsse,Cic. Att. 3, 15, 1:
mores ejus, de quo narres,id. de Or. 2, 59, 241:
de quibus nos narrabimus,Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24; cf. in the foll.: male, bene narrare, to tell bad or good news:
male narras de Nepotis filio,Cic. Att. 16, 14, 4:
Othonem quod speras posse vinci, sane bene narras,id. ib. 13, 33, 2.—Of things:
quid istaec tabellae narrant?Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 29:
si res publica tibi narrare posset, quomodo sese haberet,Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1:
cum ejus oratio de animo tuo, de sermonibus, quos de me haberes cotidie, mihi narraret,id. ib. 3, 1, 1: narratur and narrant, it is said, they say:
Paridis propter narratur amorem Graecia Barbariae lento collisa duello,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 6; Ov. H. 6, 19:
versiculos in me narratur scribere Cinna,Mart. 3, 9, 1; but narratur with acc. and inf. is rare:
nunc Chamavos et Angrivarios immigrāsse narratur,Tac. G. 33 init.:
eoque terrore aves tunc siluisse narratur,Plin. 35, 11, 28, § 121 (Jan. narrantque; cf.
Zumpt, Gram. § 607): narrant, et in Ponto Caecian in se trahere nubes,Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 126; 2, 106, 110, § 236; 32, 7, 24, § 75 et saep.: narror, narraris = narratur de me, de te, to be the subject of talk, it is said of me, thee, etc.:
rideor ubique, narror, ostendor,Quint. Decl. 14, 12 init.:
dulcis in Elysio narraris fabula campi,Mart. 12, 52, 5: Sibi narrare, to inform one's self, learn: Cape has tabellas;
tute hinc narrato tibi, quae me miseria contabefecit,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 18.—
II Transf., in gen., to say, speak, tell:
narra, quid est, quid ait?Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 67:
ego quid narres nescio,Ter. And. 3, 1, 19; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 54:
non possum satis narrare quos ludos praebueris intus,id. Eun. 5, 7, 9:
quantum distet ab Inacho Codrus,Hor. C. 3, 19, 3.— Hence, narro tibi, I tell you, I assure you, in fact, seriously, a form of asseveration:
narro tibi: plane relegatus mihi videor, postea quam in Formiano sum,Cic. Att. 2, 11, 1:
narro tibi, haec loca venusta sunt, abdita certe,id. ib. 15, 16, B;
15, 21, 1: navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,talks, Prop. 2, 1, 43:
ne res per quemquam narraretur,Just. 1, 9, 19.—
B Esp., to dedicate: librum alicui, Plin. praef. § 1.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: narrātum, i, n., that which is told or narrated:
hoc quoque, Tiresia, praeter narrata petenti Responde,Hor. S. 2, 5, 1.