narro

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.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.roː/, [ˈnärːoː]
(Conservative) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.roː/, [ˈnäːroː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.ro/, [ˈnärːo]
Note: this word exhibits a common vacillation between long vowel and geminate consonant (perhaps associated with stress), still observed in Sardinian and Sicilian.

Verb edit

narrō (present infinitive narrāre, perfect active narrāvī, supine narrātum); first conjugation

to tell, say, relate
1. (with tibi, colloquial) Used to emphasise that one is speaking in earnest, or to add expressiveness.
  - 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum XV.21.1:
    Narrō tibī̆, Quīntus pater exsultat laetitiā!
    I'm telling you, Quintus the father is beside himself with joy!
to describe, report, recount
(with dē) to talk about
1. (with interrogatives, etc) to be talking about, to mean
2. (with bene, discourse) to be telling good news
  bene narrās! ― that's nice, that's good to hear!
3. (passive voice) to be the subject of talk
(rhetoric) to state the facts of a case

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of narrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	narrō	narrās	narrat	narrāmus	narrātis	narrant
	imperfect	narrābam	narrābās	narrābat	narrābāmus	narrābātis	narrābant
	future	narrābō	narrābis	narrābit	narrābimus	narrābitis	narrābunt
	perfect	narrāvī	narrāvistī, narrāstī¹	narrāvit, narrāt¹	narrāvimus, narrāmus¹	narrāvistis, narrāstis¹	narrāvērunt, narrāvēre, narrārunt¹
	pluperfect	narrāveram, narrāram¹	narrāverās, narrārās¹	narrāverat, narrārat¹	narrāverāmus, narrārāmus¹	narrāverātis, narrārātis¹	narrāverant, narrārant¹
	future perfect	narrāverō, narrārō¹	narrāveris, narrāris¹	narrāverit, narrārit¹	narrāverimus, narrārimus¹	narrāveritis, narrāritis¹	narrāverint, narrārint¹
passive	present	narror	narrāris, narrāre	narrātur	narrāmur	narrāminī	narrantur
	imperfect	narrābar	narrābāris, narrābāre	narrābātur	narrābāmur	narrābāminī	narrābantur
	future	narrābor	narrāberis, narrābere	narrābitur	narrābimur	narrābiminī	narrābuntur
	perfect	narrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	narrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	narrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	narrem	narrēs	narret	narrēmus	narrētis	narrent
	imperfect	narrārem	narrārēs	narrāret	narrārēmus	narrārētis	narrārent
	perfect	narrāverim, narrārim¹	narrāverīs, narrārīs¹	narrāverit, narrārit¹	narrāverīmus, narrārīmus¹	narrāverītis, narrārītis¹	narrāverint, narrārint¹
	pluperfect	narrāvissem, narrāssem¹	narrāvissēs, narrāssēs¹	narrāvisset, narrāsset¹	narrāvissēmus, narrāssēmus¹	narrāvissētis, narrāssētis¹	narrāvissent, narrāssent¹
passive	present	narrer	narrēris, narrēre	narrētur	narrēmur	narrēminī	narrentur
	imperfect	narrārer	narrārēris, narrārēre	narrārētur	narrārēmur	narrārēminī	narrārentur
	perfect	narrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	narrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	narrā	—	—	narrāte	—
active	future	—	narrātō	narrātō	—	narrātōte	narrantō
passive	present	—	narrāre	—	—	narrāminī	—
passive	future	—	narrātor	narrātor	—	—	narrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		narrāre	narrāvisse, narrāsse¹	narrātūrum esse	narrārī	narrātum esse	narrātum īrī
participles		narrāns	—	narrātūrus	—	narrātus	narrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		narrandī	narrandō	narrandum	narrandō	narrātum	narrātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Quotations edit

Velius Longus, De Orthographia 80.8:(latin.packhum.org)
Sānē in eō quod est narrāre observātum est ut ūnum 'r' scrīberēmus, quoniam venit ā 'gnārō', cui est contrārium 'ignārus'.
Granted, in the word 'narrare' the rule is to write a single 'r', seeing as it's derived from 'gnarus' whose antonym is 'ignarus'.

Synonyms edit

(narrate, recount): nūntiō
(tell, speak): dīcō, nūntiō

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

narrātiuncula

Descendants edit

Sardinian: nàrrere, narri, narai (“tell, say”)
→ Catalan: narrar
→ English: narrate
→ French: narrer
→ Galician: narrar
→ Italian: narrare
→ Portuguese: narrar
→ Romanian: nara
→ Sicilian: narrari
→ Spanish: narrar

References edit

“narro” on page 1271 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “narrare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 17
“narro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“narro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
narro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give a veracious and historic account of a thing: narrare aliquid ad fidem historiae
- to narrate events in the order of their occurrence: res temporum ordine servato narrare
- to represent a thing dramatically: sic exponere aliquid, quasi agatur res (non quasi narretur)
- to detail the whole history of an affair: ordine narrare, quomodo res gesta sit
- I am sorry to hear..: male (opp. bene) narras (de)
- it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras
narro in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

^ Weiss, Michael (2010) Observations on the Littera Rule‎^[1]

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *narrō.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /narro/

Noun edit

narro m

clown
fool

Declension edit

Declension of narro (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	narro	narron, narrun
accusative	narron, narrun	narron, narrun
genitive	narren, narrin	narrōno
dative	narren, narrin	narrōm, narrōn

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

irnarrēn

Descendants edit

Middle High German: narre
- Alemannic German: Narr
- Bavarian: Noar (see there for further descendants)
- German: Narr (see there for further descendants)
- Pennsylvania German: Narr
- Yiddish: נאַר (nar)

References edit

Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.ʁu/ [ˈna.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈna.ʁu/ [ˈna.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.ʁo/ [ˈna.ho]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈna.ʁu/

Rhymes: -aʁu

Verb edit

narro

first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈnaro/ [ˈna.ro]
Rhymes: -aro
Syllabification: na‧rro

Verb edit

narro

first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Yupiltepeque edit

Noun edit

narro

earth (land)

References edit

Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

[1] Weiss, Michael (2010) Observations on the Littera Rule‎^[1]

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