English → Latin
“narration, narrative” in Latin
nārrātiōnarration, narrative, storyrelātiōcarrying or bringing back; narration, recital (especially of evidence); repaymentexpōnōto make conspicuous, to put something where everyone may see it: to expose, exhibit, display, set out; to set forth; to explicōto unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy; to disentangle, solve, setēnārrōto explain in detail, to expoundcūnctuscollectively; all together; the whole, entire
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
narration, narrative
narratio; relatio (e.g., in chronicles, etc., post-Augustan); rei gestae expositio. To give a narrative, narrare alicui aliquid or de aliqua re; exponere, explicare to give a full narrative): enarrare (to give a full and orderly narrative): also, pluribus verbis exponere; rem ordine enarrare; cuncta, ut sunt acta, exponere; enarrare alicui rem, quo pacto se habeat.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for narration, narrative?
- The usual Latin words for “narration, narrative” are nārrātiō, relātiō, expōnō; also explicō, ēnārrō, cūnctus. 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.