verbfirst conjugation
narrō
narrō (present infinitive narrāre, perfect active narrāvī, supine narrātum)
Classical[ˈnar.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈnar.ro]
№ 910 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to tell, say, relate
- colloquialUsed to emphasise that one is speaking in earnest, or to add expressiveness.
Narrō tibī̆, Quīntus pater exsultat laetitiā!
I'm telling you, Quintus the father is beside himself with joy!68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum XV.21.1 - to describe, report, recount
- to be talking about, to mean
- discourseto be telling good news
bene narrās!
that's nice, that's good to hear! - to be the subject of talk
- rhetoricto state the facts of a case
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
rem verbīs dīcō; fābulam nārrāmus.nārrō -āre — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae
to tell
nārrō -āre — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 5, 7, 16, 24
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | narrō | narrābam | narrābō | narrāvī | narrāveram narrāram | narrāverō narrārō |
| 2nd sg. | narrās | narrābās | narrābis | narrāvistī narrāstī | narrāverās narrārās | narrāveris narrāris |
| 3rd sg. | narrat | narrābat | narrābit | narrāvit narrāt | narrāverat narrārat | narrāverit narrārit |
| 1st pl. | narrāmus | narrābāmus | narrābimus | narrāvimus narrāmus | narrāverāmus narrārāmus | narrāverimus narrārimus |
| 2nd pl. | narrātis | narrābātis | narrābitis | narrāvistis narrāstis | narrāverātis narrārātis | narrāveritis narrāritis |
| 3rd pl. | narrant | narrābant | narrābunt | narrāvērunt narrārunt, narrāvēre | narrāverant narrārant | narrāverint narrārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | narrem | narrārem | narrāverim narrārim | narrāvissem narrāssem |
| 2nd sg. | narrēs | narrārēs | narrāverīs narrārīs | narrāvissēs narrāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | narret | narrāret | narrāverit narrārit | narrāvisset narrāsset |
| 1st pl. | narrēmus | narrārēmus | narrāverīmus narrārīmus | narrāvissēmus narrāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | narrētis | narrārētis | narrāverītis narrārītis | narrāvissētis narrāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | narrent | narrārent | narrāverint narrārint | narrāvissent narrāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | narror | narrābar | narrābor |
| 2nd sg. | narrāris narrāre | narrābāris narrābāre | narrāberis narrābere |
| 3rd sg. | narrātur | narrābātur | narrābitur |
| 1st pl. | narrāmur | narrābāmur | narrābimur |
| 2nd pl. | narrāminī | narrābāminī | narrābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | narrantur | narrābantur | narrābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | narrer | narrārer |
| 2nd sg. | narrēris narrēre | narrārēris narrārēre |
| 3rd sg. | narrētur | narrārētur |
| 1st pl. | narrēmur | narrārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | narrēminī | narrārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | narrentur | narrārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | narrā | narrāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | narrāte | narrāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | narrātō | narrātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | narrātō | narrātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | narrātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | narrantō | narrantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | narrāre | narrārī |
| perfect infinitive | narrāvisse narrāsse | narrātum esse |
| future infinitive | narrātūrum esse | narrātum īrī |
| present participle | narrāns nārrante, nārrantem, nārrantēs, nārrantī, nārrantia, nārrantibus, nārrantis, nārrantīs, nārrantium | — |
| perfect participle | — | narrātus nārrāta, nārrātā, nārrātae, nārrātam, nārrātārum, nārrātās, nārrātī, nārrātōrum, nārrātōs |
| future participle | narrātūrus nārrātūra, nārrātūrā, nārrātūrae, nārrātūram, nārrātūrārum, nārrātūrās, nārrātūre, nārrātūrī, nārrātūrīs, nārrātūrō, nārrātūrōrum, nārrātūrōs, nārrātūrum | narrandus nārranda, nārrandā, nārrandae, nārrandam, nārrandārum, nārrandās, nārrande, nārrandīs, nārrandōrum, nārrandōs |
gerundnarrandī, narrandō, narrandumsupinenarrātum, narrātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- monstra dicis, narras
- it is incredible.
- male (opp. bene) narras (de)
- I am sorry to hear...
- narrare aliquid ad fidem historiae
- to give a veracious and historic account of a thing.
- res temporum ordine servato narrare
- to narrate events in the order of their occurrence.
- ordine narrare, quomodo res gesta sit
- to detail the whole history of an affair.
- sic exponere aliquid, quasi agatur res (non quasi narretur)
- to represent a thing dramatically.
narro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. for gnarigo (gnarigavit, Fest. p. 95) from gnarus; Sanscr. gnā, know; Gr. γιγνώσκω; 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nārrō āvī, ātus, āre
for * gnārigō; gnarus, to make known, tell, relate, narrate, report, recount, set forth : mihi istaec, T.: initium narrandi facere, of the narrative , S.: rem omnibus: narrat omnibus emisse se: te sudavisse ferendo Carmina, H.: Narrat, ut virgo ab se integra siet, T.: in comoediis res ipsa narratur: mores eius, de quo narres: male narras de Nepotis filio, tell bad news : mihi circa necem Caesaris, Ta.: si res p. tibi narrare posset, quo modo sese haberet: de te Fabula narratur, H.: Angrivarios immigrasse narratur, Ta.: Athamanas accendere lignum Narratur, O.— To say, speak, tell, recite, mention, describe : narro tibi: qui argumentum narret, T.: Regem elegantem, describe , T.: Agricola posteritati narratus et traditus, Ta.: narrat Naevio, quo in loco viderit Quinctium: quantum distet ab Inacho Codrus, H.
Origins
From earlier nārō, for Proto-Italic *gnārāō (“to make known, tell”), denominal from gnārus; or less likely for Proto-Italic *gnārurāō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). The /V:C/~/VCC/ vacillation is similar to, but probably a different phenomenon from, the so-called 'Littera Rule', as in Iūpiter > Iuppiter.
Descendants
- Sardiniannàrrere
- Sardiniannarri
- Sardiniannarai
- Catalannarrar
- Englishnarrate
- Frenchnarrer
- Italiannarrare
- Portuguesenarrar
- Romaniannara
- Spanishnarrar
In English words that came into English from narrō
- narrativenarrātīvus
- inenarrableinēnārrābilis