narro

See also: narró, narrò, and Narro

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈna.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈna.ro]

Verb

narro

1. first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Galician

Verb

narro

1. first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Italian

Verb

narro

1. first-person singular present indicative of narrare

Jutiapa

Noun

narro

1. earth (land)

References

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• naro

Etymology

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

• (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

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.
      • 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!

2. to describe, report, recount
3. (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
4. (rhetoric) to state the facts of a case

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

   Conjugation of narrō (first conjugation)

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

Quotations

• 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

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

Derived terms

• dēnarrō
• ēnarrō
• inanārrābilis
• narrābilis
• narrātiō
• narrātīvē
• narrātīvus
• narrātor
• narrātum
• narrātus

 

Related terms

• narrātiuncula

Descendants

• 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

• “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)‎, 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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

1. Weiss, Michael (2010) Observations on the Littera Rule‎

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *narrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /narro/

Noun

narro m

1. clown
2. fool

Declension

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

Declension of narro (masculine n-stem)

Derived terms

• narraheit
• narrezzen

Related terms

• irnarrēn

Descendants

• 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

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.ʁu/ [ˈna.hu]

• (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

narro

1. first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

narro

1. first-person singular present indicative of narrar

Yupiltepeque

Noun

narro

1. earth (land)

References

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