narrative (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. narrātio (esp. as part of a speech, rhetorically considered)2. histŏria (n. of past events; also in gen. sense, a story) • narrative (subs.): 1. narrātio (esp. as part of a speech, rhetorically considered): lucid n., aperta n., Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29: a brief, lucid n., n. brevis, dilucida, Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15: credible n.s, set forth in almost familiar language, n. credibiles, prope quotidiano sermone explicatae, Cic. Or. 36, 124. Dimin., narratiuncula (a short n.), Quint. 1, 9, 6: Plin. min. 2. histŏria (n. of past events; also in gen. sense, a story): v. story.