narrantur

Narrantur is a Latin verb form meaning “they are told” or “they are related.” It is the present passive indicative, third person plural, of the verb narro, narrare, meaning “to tell, to relate, to recount.” The form arises from the stem narr- combined with the standard present passive endings for third-person plural.

Morphology and usage notes: As a present passive, narrantur indicates that the action of telling or relating is being performed on the subject by an unspecified agent. In Latin, this passive construction is commonly used in narratives and historical or legendary texts to present statements, events, or traditions as things that are told or recounted by others, rather than as direct statements by the speaker. The sense can be literal (stories are told) or generalized/impersonal (what is told about something).

Relationship to related forms: narrantur is one of several present passive forms derived from narro. The corresponding active form is narrant (they tell), while the singular passive is narratur (he/she/it is told). In Latin, the same verb and stem yield a family of related forms used to convey voice and perspective in narration.

Examples:

- Fabulae de bello narrantur. — The tales about the war are being told.

- Saepe falsa dicta narrantur in historia. — Often false statements are told in history.

See also:

- Narro, narrare: the active verb family from which narrantur is derived.

- Latin grammar of passive voice and narrative usage.

Narrantur thus functions as a standard present passive form used to report what is told or recounted, especially within literary or historical contexts.