See also: narró, narrò, and Narro

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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narro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Galician

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narro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Italian

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narro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of narrare

Jutiapa

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Noun

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narro

  1. earth (land)

References

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

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • (Classical Latin) 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

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

  1. to tell, say, relate
    1. (with tibi, colloquial) Used to emphasise that one is speaking in earnest, or to add expressiveness.
  2. to describe, report, recount
  3. (with ) 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
  4. (rhetoric) to state the facts of a case

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of narrō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
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
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
first second third first second third
active present narrā narrāte
future narrātō narrātō narrātōte narrantō
passive present narrāre narrāminī
future narrātor narrātor narrantor
non-finite forms active passive
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

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  • 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

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Descendants

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  • 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

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

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *narrō.

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narro m

  1. clown
  2. fool

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Descendants

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  • 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)

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

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narro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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narro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Yupiltepeque

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Noun

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narro

  1. earth (land)

References

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