narro Latin · revision 7426

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnar.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnaː.roː], [ˈnar.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''narrō''' (present infinitive narrāre, perfect active narrāvī, supine narrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from earlier ⟨nārō⟩, from Proto-Italic *gnārāō “to make known”, a denominative of [[gnārus]] “knowing”, ultimately from [[ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-|t=to know]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The OLD compares [[xum|naratu|t=let him narrate]].^(OLD 2012) Festus reports an old ⟨gnārigāvit⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro says one ⟨narrat⟩ when one makes another ⟨nārus⟩, knowing.^(Varro)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Livius Andronicus, of describing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates him 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to relate, tell, say, with an object, a clause or an indirect question, as in Plautus, and in Cicero ''narrō tibī'' “let me tell you”.^(OLD 2012) It meant to describe, tell about, and with ''dē'' to talk about.^(OLD 2012) In comic dialogue ''quid narrās?'' expressed surprise or indignation, and Terence's ''narrās bene'' meant “that's good news”.^(OLD 2012) In Seneca the passive meant to be talked about, and in Quintilian's rhetoric to state the facts of a case, the ''narrātiō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to say, tell, relate, narrate, record.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|narrate]] is recorded from 1748, a back-formation from ''narration'' or from its participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it of describing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of telling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses ''narrās bene''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1748 – English ''narrate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To relate, tell, [[m|en|narrate]], ''narrō tibī'', let me tell you.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To describe; to talk about.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''quid narrās?'', what are you saying?^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(passive)'' To be talked about.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' To state the facts.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adnarro]]

+ * [[dēnārrō]]

+ * [[ēnārrō]]

+ * [[nārrābilis]]

+ * [[nārrātiō]]

+ * [[narratiuus]]

+ * [[narrātor]]

+ * [[nārrātus]]

+ * [[praenarrō]]

+ * [[renarrō]]

+ * [[narrātīvē]]

+ * [[narrātum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[narrātiuncula]]

+ * [[gnārus]]

+ * [[nōscō]]

+ * [[en|narrate]]

+ * [[en|narrative]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}