English → Latin
“narrate” in Latin
narrōto tell, say, relate; to describe, report, recount; to state the facts of a casereferōto bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away; to give back, give up, return, restore, pay back, repay, render, payēnārrōto explain in detail, to expound
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
narrate
narrare, referre, aliquid. To narrate in order or at length, enarrare, denarrare aliquid: to narrate minutely or circumstantially, pluribus verbis aliquid exponere; (pluribus) persequi aliquid; plura persequi de aliqua re. Vid: RELATE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for narrate?
- The usual Latin words for “narrate” are narrō, referō, ēnārrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.