history Copy link Outline 1. histŏria (most gen. term)2. mĕmŏria rerum gestarum (records of the past)3. very often expr. by res, res gestae • history: 1. histŏria (most gen. term): at first h. was nothing but the drawing up of annals, initio erat h. nihil aliud nisi annalium confectio, Cic.: (Herodotus) father of h., pater historiae, Cic.: natural h., naturalis h., Plin.: to write or compose h., historiam scribere, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; h. componere, Plin. Ep. 1, 1: Just.: to write a h. of Rome, res Romanas in historiam conferre, Just. pref.: sometimes in pl., Just. l. c.: Gell.: ancient h., *h. antiqua (vetus historia is a story handed down from olden time): modern h., *h. recentior: or perh. better, *recentioris aetatis h.: sacred, profane h., *rerum sacrarum, profanarum h. 2. mĕmŏria rerum gestarum (records of the past): Sall. Jug. 4, init.: ancient h. records that ..., in literis veteribus memoria exstat, Gell. 10, 27, init. 3. very often expr. by res, res gestae: to write a detailed h. of the Roman people, res populi R. perscribere, Liv. pref. init.: to write Roman h. in detached portions, res gestas P. R. carptim scribere, Sall. Cat. 4. Phr.: the remains of ancient h., monumenta antiquitatis, Cic. Sen. 11, 38: it is related in Grecian h., in monumentis Graecae historiae scriptum est, Gell. 10, 17: to write the h. of the reign of Tiberius, principatum Tiberii scribere, Tac. Ann. 1, 1, extr.: Sall. Jug. init.
HISTORY Copy link • HISTORYA narration, narratio: diminutive, narratiuncula: memoria alicujus rei or de re (account that is in existence, or has been circulated; e.g., de Myrone memoria duplex prodita est). History = collected narrative of events, res or res gestae: memoria rerum gestarum: memoria annalium: res veteres: antiquitas (i. e., ancient history): litterae (as far as contained in books or other written documents, especially as bearing on national customs and manners; Nep., Praef., 2; Pel., 1, 1): historia or historia rerum gestarum (mostly implying a scientific or careful treatment of the subject). Fabulous or mythological history, historia fabularis (Suet.); fabulae. The Roman history, res populi Romani; litterae populi Roman; historia populi Romani. Universal history, perpetua rerum gestarum historia (Cic., Fam., 5, 12, 6). ☞ An adjective with “history” should mostly be translated by a genitive with rerum; thus, sacred, profane history, historia rerum sacrarum, profanarum; or, at all events, historia, quam dicimus sacram, profanam, etc. Grecian history, historia rerum Graecarum, or res Graecae only. To write a history, historiam scribere, componere, or instituere; rerum gestarum historiam complecti: to write the history of his own times, scribere historiam earum rerum, quae sunt ipsius aetate gestae (Cic.): to write the Roman history, res Romanas, or populi Romani, historia comprehendere, perscribere; res Romanas in historiam conferre: to complete a history, historiam perficere, absolvere: to study history, historiae se dare: to be well read or versed in history, historias plures novisse: to be very fond of history, esse magno studio rerum veterum: to have no knowledge of history, nullam memoriam antiquitatis collegisse: Well versed in ancient history, omnis antiquitatis peritissimus.