Narratio, ônis, f. g. Verbal. Ci. A narration or report of a thing: a shewing: declaration, telling, or erpressing of a thing.Aperta atque dilucida narratio. Quint. Arida & ieiuna narratio. Quint. A narration barely and slenderly tolde.Constricta an latius fusa narratio: continua, an diuisa: recta, an ordine permutato, causæ docebunt. Quin. Whether the narration should be shortly vttered or at large declared: in continuall course, or diuided in partes: in right order as it was done, or somewhat chaunged, &c.Credibilis narratio. Quint. Dílucidè explicatæ narrationes.Cic.Obscura narratio.Cic.Gracilitas præesse narrationes. Quint. The slendernesse of a short or compact narration.Sinuosa narratio. Quint. Dicere narrationem. Quint. Exponere narrationem. Quint.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
narrātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], 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.