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• tell:

I. To communicate:

1. narro, 1 (with acc. of the thing, or abl. with de, and dat. of the pers.: also with acc. and inf., rarely with ut, and abs.): I am t.ing you what you know better than I who t. it, ego tibi ea narro quae tu melius scis quam ipse qui narro, Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 6: to t. a roundabout story, ambages n., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 77: the tablets themselves will t. you, ipsae (tabellae) tibi narrabunt, Pl. Pers. 4, 3, 29 (37): to t. a story to a deaf ass, surdo fabulam n. asello, Hor. S. 1, 1, 70: to t. bad news about any one, male n. de aliquo, Cic. Att. 16, 14, ad fin.: the sailor t.s of the winds, navita de ventis narrat, Prop. 2, 1, 43: he used to t. many things from memory in a pleasant style, multa n. memoriter et jucunde solebat, Cic. Am. init.: to t. carefully and clearly, n. diligenter et enodate, id. Inv. 1, 21, 30: he told (us) that you used to be anxious at times, narravit te interdum sollicitum solere esse, id. Fam. 6, 1, 6: I will t. you: I used previously to be somewhat angry at the shortness of your letters, narro tibi: ante subirascebar brevitati literarum tuarum, id. ib. 11, 24, init.: the scope of our work requires that his history should be briefly told, operis modus paucis eum narrari jubet, Vell. 2, 29, 22: Virg. Aen. 2, 549.
2. ēnarro, 1 (to recount fully and in order): to t. the whole affair from beginning to end, omnem rem ordine e., Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 11: let me first t. this which I have begun, hoc quod coepi primum enarrem, id. Heaut. 2, 3, 32: to t. one's dream to the senate, somnium senatui e., Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55.
3. dēnarro, 1 (to t. fully: rare): I will t. him this, haec ego illi denarrabo, Ter. Ph. 5, 7 (8), 51: he t.s his mother, matri denarrat, Hor. S. 2, 3, 315.
4. rĕnarro, 1 (to t. over again: poet.): to t. the decrees of the gods, fata divum r., Virg. Aen. 3, 717: Ov.
5. dīco, xi, ctum, 3: t. me whose cattle are these, dic mihi cujum pecus, Virg. E. 3, 1: it is tedious to t., longum est d., Cic. Sest. 5, 12: to t. the truth, d. verum, id. Fam. 9, 24, 2: to t. a lie, d. mendacium, Nep. Att. 15, 1: I t. you this as a profound secret, arcano (adv.) tibi ego hoc dico, Pl. Trin. 2, 4, 117: I t. you again and again it will be done at your risk, etiam atque etiam d. tuo periculo fiet, Cic. Att. 13, 25, ad fin.: v. say.
6. lŏquor, cūtus, 3 (to talk, converse): t. me your name, loquere mihi tuum nomen, Pl. Men. 5, 9, 7: you were saying you wished to t. me something in private, nescio quid secreto velle l. te aiebas mecum, Hor. S. 1, 9, 67: it is a horrible thing of which they t., horribile est quod loquuntur, Cic. Att. 14, 4: to t. of battles, l. praelia, Hor. Od. 4, 15, 1: as the annals of the Roman people t., ut annales P. R. loquuntur, Cic. Dom. 32, 86: the fact itself t.s, res ipsa loquitur, id. Mil. 20, 54: eyes too expressive t. how we are mentally affected, oculi nimis arguti quemadmodum affecti simus loquuntur, id. Leg. 1, 9, 27: you are in a city where the very walls seem able to t. you this more fully and amply, in ea es urbe in qua haec plura et ornatiora parietes ipsi l. posse videntur, id. Fam. 6, 3, 3: v. speak.
7. mĕmŏro, 1 (to call to mind): whether am I to t. his pride or his cruelty first? utrum superbiam prius memorem an crudelitatem? Cic. Verr. 1, 47, 122: to t. the praises of illustrious men, m. honoratorum virorum laudes, Auct. in Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62: for ye remember, O goddesses, and can t., et meministis enim, divae, et m. potestis, Virg. Aen. 7, 645: v. relate, describe.
8. ēnŭmĕro, 1 (prop. to t. the number of: hence, gen. to recount): I will not t. all the miseries, non faciam ut enumerem miserias omnes, Cic. Att. 3, 7, ad med.: the advantages of rivers cannot be told, enumerari non possunt fluminum opportunitates, id. N. D. 2, 53, 132: to t. of many an instance in one's discourse, plurima fando e., Virg. Aen. 4, 334: v. recount.
9. do, dĕdi, dătum, 1 (to give: used in this sense mostly by the com. poets): t. me now, do you quite approve of it? da mihi nunc, satisne probas? Cic. Acad. 1, 3, 10: I will t. in few words, paucis (sc. verbis), dabo, Ter. Heaut. prol. 10: I will t. this trick to my master's son, herili filio hanc fabricam dabo, Pl. Bac. 2, 3, 132.
10. cĕdo (an old imp., give or tell thou: the 2nd pl. cette is appy. used in the first meaning only): t. me then what I am to do, c. igitur quid faciam, Ter. Andr. 2, 3, 9: I immediately said, t. me if you have anything from Atticus, ego statim, c., inquam, si quid ab Attico, Cic. Att. 16, 13, ad init.: t. me one authority for your proceeding, unum c. auctorem tui facti, id. Verr. 5, 26, 67. Phr.: a story is told of a foul crime, foedum traditur scelus, Liv. 1, 48: to t. our friends' secrets, amicorum secreta eloqui, Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1: t. it to safe ears, depone tutis auribus, Hor. Od. 1, 27, 18: they must be told of their danger, de periculo erunt commonendi, Cic. Part. Or. 27, 96: to t. one's secrets to a person, occulta alicui credere, id. Coel. 23, 57: aliquid committere, Catul. 101, 1: t. of the theft, furto silentia deme, Ov. M. 2, 700: "tell it to the marines," quaere peregrinum, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 62.

II. To order: jŭbeo, jussi, jussum, 2: v. order, bid.
III. To discern: intellĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3: v. discern, know.
IV. To point out: indĭco, 1: v. indicate, shew.
V. To count: nŭmĕro, 1: v. count: dīdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to t. off): to t. off upon one's fingers, d. in digitis, Quint. 4, 5, 24.
VI. To have weight or influence: văleo, 2: v. influence.

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