narratio
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
narrātĭō,¹⁵ ōnis, f. (narro), action de raconter, narration, récit : Cic. de Or. 2, 80 || narration [rhét.] : Cic. Inv. 1, 27 ; Or. 124, 1, 27 ; Or. 124.
