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narro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [for gnarigo (gnarigavit, Fest. p. 95) from gnarus; Sanscr. gnā, know; Gr. gignôskô; cf.: nosco (gnosco), ignoro], to tell, relate, narrate, report, recount, set forth (syn.: memoro, nuntio, trado).

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, [p. 1187] 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.—

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.—

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.