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narrātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a relating, narrating, a narration, narrative.
I. In gen.: “narrationes credibiles, nec historico, sed prope cotidiano sermone explicatae dilucide,” Cic. Or. 26, 124: “rem narrare ita ut verisimilis narratio sit,” id. de Or. 2, 19, 80: “si exponenda est narratio,” id. Or. 62, 210; Phaedr. 4, 5, 2.—
II. In partic., in rhet.: “narratio est rerum gestarum, aut ut gesta rum, expositio: narrationum genera sunt tria, etc.,” Cic. Inv. 1, 19, 27; id. de Or. 2, 19, 80; id. Part. Or. 9, 31; Auct. Her. 1, 8, 12; Quint. 4, 2, 1 sq.; Mart. Cap. 5, § 550.
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 (5):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.1
    • Cicero, Partitiones Oratoriae, 9.31
    • Cicero, Orator, 62.210
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.19
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