narratio
- noun
- /nəˈreɪʃioʊ/
- His gripping narratio of the expedition captivated everyone at the storytelling event.
- narratio prima
Examples
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Rheticus had been Copernicus's sole disciple, and his Narratio prima, published three years before De revolutionibus, contained the first printed report of the new heliocentric cosmology.
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Since I had seen the Narratio prima on my previous visit to the Wroclaw library and still had its call number, I included it on the list of books to be fetched even though I hadn't found the card in the catalogue.
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"It looked as if I was close to the source of the clandestine copy of the Narratio prima being offered for sale in Paris.
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I couldn't find in the catalogue a card for Rheticus's Narratio prima.
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He and his colleagues recognized the contents and returned the Narratio prima to Wroclaw.
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After repeated visits, I now had not only the satisfaction of seeing the Narratio prima returned to its rightful place, but also the unanticipated realization that none of the other Stephen R. Mallory cowboys had been so greatly influenced by our shared journey.
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The author's latest narratio vividly depicts the events that led to the town's founding.
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In her class, she assigned a narratio that required students to write about their summer experiences.
Synonyms
An account of events told to entertain or inform
A written or spoken account that gives information about something
A story that tells about events, often imaginary, in books or by people
Words that tell what someone or something is like
A report that describes what happened
A story that describes connected events
Spoken or written explanation that gives opinions and information about events
The act of saying what happened or giving facts to others
A spoken or written description of what happened
A complete, detailed report of events and facts
Telling a story or describing events
An account of events told in detail
A story told in writing or speech
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Narratio comes from the Latin verb narrare, which means 'to tell'. You can see the same root in English words like narrate and narrator, so a narratio is simply a telling of events or a story that helps people understand what happened.