relate Copy link Outline I. To narrate, recount1. persĕquor, cūtus, 3 (to detail, describe)2. expōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to set forth)3. ēdissĕro, rui, rtum, 34. ēdisserto, 1 (syn. of preced.)5. ēnarro, narro, 16. rĕfĕro, rĕtŭli (rett.), rĕlātum, 3 (to bring back word, report)7. trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to transmit a knowledge of8. prōdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (constr. like preced.)9. commĕmŏro, 1 (to mention, speak of10. mĕmŏro, 1 (much rarer than preced.)11. ĭtĕro, 1 (to recapitulate)II. To concern1. attĭnet, tĭnuit, 2 (used mostly impers. with ad)2. pertĭnet, tĭnuit, 2 (like preced.3. attingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (to appertain)4. contingo, tĭgi, tactum, 35. specto, 1 (to tend) • relate: I. To narrate, recount: 1. persĕquor, cūtus, 3 (to detail, describe): to r. the history of Hannibal, p. res Hannibalis, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: to r. in verse, versibus p., id. Sen. 6, 16. 2. expōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to set forth): to r. from the beginning how the affair took place, e. ab initio res quemadmodum gesta sit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 14: to r. a conversation about friendship to some one, e. sermonem de amicitia alicui, id. Am. 1, 3: I have r.d the history of the Romans in five books, quae Romani gessere quinque libris exposui, Liv. 6, 1: v. unfold. 3. ēdissĕro, rui, rtum, 3: to r. deeds, e. res gestas, Liv. 34, 52: Cic. 4. ēdisserto, 1 (syn. of preced.): nor will I attempt to tell what I shall fall short of the truth in r.ing, neque aggrediar narrare quae edissertando minora vero fecero, Liv. 22, 54. 5. ēnarro, narro, 1: v. tell. 6. rĕfĕro, rĕtŭli (rett.), rĕlātum, 3 (to bring back word, report): some chronicles r. that there was a battle at Fidenae, ad Fidenas pugnatum quidam annales retulere, Liv. 4, 34: the conversations were r.d to me, sermones referebantur ad me, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10. 7. trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to transmit a knowledge of: esp. in connection with memoriae or memoria): he is r.d to have been the most just of all men, omnium justissimus fuisse traditur, Cic. Sest. 67, 141: history r.s very many such instances, qualia permulta historia tradidit, id. Div. 1, 53, 121: it is r.d that he fell forwards, traditur memoriae prolapsum cecidisse, Liv. 5, 21, ad fin. 8. prōdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (constr. like preced.): he r.s that his bones were secretly buried, memoriae prodidit ossa ejus clam sepulta, Nep. Them. 10, extr.: two different stories are r.d about his death, de interitu ejus duplex memoria prodita est, id. Hann. 8, 2: Cic. 9. commĕmŏro, 1 (to mention, speak of: constr. with acc., acc. and infin., rel. clause or de): which I would describe if I could r. them without pain, quae persequerer si c. possem sine dolore, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3: Caes. B. G. 4, 16. 10. mĕmŏro, 1 (much rarer than preced.): to r. his atrocity, m. crudelitatem, Cic. Verr. 1, 47, 122. 11. ĭtĕro, 1 (to recapitulate): to r. my doings, mea facta i., Pl. Cas. 5, 2, 5. Phr.: a most eloquent man, as they r., homo, ut ferebant, in dicendo copiosissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45: Fabius r.s, Fabius auctor est (with infin.), Tac. A. 13, 20: authorities r. different accounts of his death, de morte ejus variant auctores, Liv. 27, 27: (the historians) r. that he was slain, interfectum eum scriptum reliquerunt, Nep. Hann. 8, 2: as the Greeks r., ut Graii perhibent, Virg. Aen. 8, 135: the matter is r.d to Caesar, defertur ea res ad Caesarem, Caes. B. G. 5, 25: they r. their toils in talk, relegunt suos sermone labores, Ov. M. 4, 570: to r. in order the remaining uses, reliquos usus digerere, Plin. 29, 2, 10. II. To concern: 1. attĭnet, tĭnuit, 2 (used mostly impers. with ad): so far as r.s to myself, quod ad me attinet, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1: to what am I to say this dream r.s? quam ad rem dicam hoc attinere somnium? Pl. Rud. 3, 1, 19: sometimes there is an ellipsis: whether it was or was not, this does not r. to the matter in hand, sive fuit, sive non fuit, nihil ad rem (sc. attinet), Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 15. 2. pertĭnet, tĭnuit, 2 (like preced.: to belong): the dream r.s to something, somnium ad aliquam rem pertinet, Pl. Merc. 2, 1, 28: it r.s rather to us, quod magis ad nos p., Hor. S. 2, 6, 73: v. belong. 3. attingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (to appertain): which in no way r. to the matter, quae nihil attingunt ad rem, Pl. Merc. 1, 1, 32: the first point r.s to human nature, primus ille locus naturam attingit humanam, Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18. 4. contingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3: this deliberation in no respect r.s to the Romans, haec consultatio Romanos nihil contigit, Liv. 34, 22, ad fin. 5. specto, 1 (to tend): that which r.s and contributes to a good life, quod spectet valeatque ad bene vivendum, Cic. Off. 2, 2, 6: v. tend.