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ē-narro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to explain in detail, to expound, interpret (rare but class.): “omnem rem modo seni, Quo pacto haberet, enarramus ordine,” Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 11; Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 1, 1; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 32; Cic. Inv. 1, 20; id. Div. 1, 26; Liv. 27, 50; Quint. 10, 1, 101 Spald.: “poëmata,” id. 1, 2, 14 Spald.; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 87; Gell. 13, 10, 2; 18, 9, 4.—Hence, ēnarrātĭus , adv. comp., more explicitly: “scribere,” Gell. 10, 1, 7 (opp. breviter et subobscure); 13, 12, 5.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.3
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 50
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.26
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 2.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.101
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.1.7
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 13.10.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.9.4
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.20
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