explico

to unfold, unroll, disentangle / explain, expound.

ex-plĭco, āvi and ŭi (the latter first in Verg. G. 2, 280; afterwards freq.; Hor. C. 3, 29, 16; 4, 9, 44; id. S. 2, 2, 125; Liv. 7, 23, 6 et saep.; cf. Gell. 1, 7, 20), ātum or ĭtum (Cic. uses mostly atum, Caes. atum and itum; cf.

explicaturos,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 4;

with explicitis,

id. ib. 3, 75, 2;

and, explicitius,

id. ib. 1, 78, 2; upon these forms v. Neue, Formenl. 2, pp. 479 sq., 550 sq.), 1, v. a., to unfold, uncoil, unroll, unfurl, spread out, loosen, undo (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; syn.: expedio, extrico, enodo, enucleo; explano, expono, interpretor).

Lit.:

velum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 7:

non explicata veste neque proposito argento, etc.,

spread out, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

volumen,

to open, id. Rosc. Am. 35, 101:

suas pennas (ales),

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 55:

plenas plagas,

Mart. 1, 56, 8:

perturbatum et confusum agmen,

to put in order, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14, 2:

capillum pectine,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.:

fusos,

to unwind, Mart. 4, 54, 10:

frontem sollicitam,

to free from wrinkles, to smooth, Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

for which: explicare seria contractae frontis,

id. S. 2, 2, 125; cf.

mare,

i. e. to calm, Sen. Herc. Oet. 455:

si ex his te laqueis exueris ac te aliqua via ac ratione explicaris,

hast extricated, freed thyself, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151:

se (ex funibus ancorarum),

Dig. 9, 2, 29:

inimicae et oves, difficile se (apibus) e lanis earum explicantibus,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62:

se explicat angustum,

Juv. 12, 55.—

Transf., to spread out, stretch out, extend, deploy, display:

aciem,

Liv. 7, 23, 6; 40, 4, 4; 40, 5, 26 al.; cf.

ordinem,

id. 2, 46, 3:

agmen,

id. 10, 20, 3:

cohortes (longa legio),

Verg. G. 2, 280:

se turmatim (equites),

Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 3; cf.

mid.: priusquam plane legiones explicari et consistere possent,

id. ib. 2, 26, 4; and:

ut ordo omnium navium explicari posset,

Liv. 37, 23, 10:

per obstantis catervas Explicuit sua victor arma,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 44:

atria, congestos satis explicatura clientes,

Stat. Th. 1, 146:

ut forum laxaremus et usque ad atrium Libertatis explicaremus,

extend, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14; cf.:

unde pons in oppidum pertinens explicatur,

Sall. H. 3, 20:

orbes (serpens),

Ov. M. 15, 720:

frondes omnes (pampinus),

Verg. G. 2, 335:

se (montes),

Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118:

arida ligna in flammas (ignis),

Lucr. 2, 882:

convivium,

i. e. to set out richly, to furnish, Mart. 1, 100, 13:

explicavi meam rem post illa lucro,

i. e. amplified, enlarged, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 5.

Trop.

In gen. (very seldom):

explica atque excute intelligentiam tuam, ut videas quae sit, etc.,

display, Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81: Siciliam multis undique cinctam periculis explicavit, has set at large, set free (qs. released from toils, snares), id. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 30; cf.:

quemadmodum se explicent dicendo,

id. Fl. 4, 10: da operam, ut te explices, huc quam primum venias, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D. 2.—

In partic.

To disentangle, set in order, arrange, regulate, settle, adjust any thing complicated or difficult:

pulcre ego hanc explicatam tibi rem dabo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 20:

peto a te, ut ejus negotia explices et expedias,

Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2:

negotia,

id. Att. 5, 12, 3; cf. id. ib. 16, 3, 5:

belli rationem,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35; cf.:

rationem salutis,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 2:

rem frumentariam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 4 fin.: si Faberius nobis nomen illud explicat, noli quaerere, quanti, settles, i. e. pays that item, Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2:

Faberianum,

id. ib. § 3; cf.:

si qui debitores, quia non possint explicare pecuniam, differant solutionem,

Dig. 42, 1, 31:

consilium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 4; cf.:

his explicitis rebus,

id. ib. 3, 75, 2: subvenire tempestati quavis ratione sapientis est;

eoque magis, si plus adipiscare re explicatā boni, quam addubitatā mali,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

ea, quae per defunctum inchoata sunt, per heredem explicari debent,

Dig. 27, 7, 1:

transii ad elegos: hos quoque feliciter explicui,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 7 (cf. under

,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 1:

fugam,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 15:

nihilo plus explicet ac si Insanire paret, etc.,

will make no more out of it, Hor. S. 2, 3, 270.—

Of speech, to develop, unfold, set forth, exhibit, treat, state: vitam alterius totam explicare, Civ. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

perfice, ut Crassus haec, quae coartavit et peranguste refersit in oratione sua, dilatet nobis atque explicet,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

explicando excutiendoque verbo,

id. Part. Or. 36, 124:

aliquid expedite,

id. Brut. 67, 237:

aliquid apertissime planissimeque,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156:

aliquid definitione,

id. Fin. 3, 10, 33:

funera fando,

Verg. A. 2, 362:

philosophiam,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6; cf.:

philosophiam diligentissime Graecis litteris,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

summorum oratorum Graecas orationes,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

geometricum quiddam aut physicum aut dialecticum (corresp. to expedire),

id. Div. 2, 59, 122:

non de aegritudine solum, sed de omni animi perturbatione explicabo,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

de scorpionibus et catapultis,

Vitr. 10, 22:

ut explicemus, quae sint materiae, etc.,

Quint. 10, 5, 1.— Pass. impers.:

quae vero auxilia sunt capitis, eo loco explicitum est,

Cels. 4, 2.—Hence,

explĭcātus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., spread out:

Capua planissimo in loco explicata,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

vallis,

Pall. Aug. 11, 2.—

Trop.

Well ordered, regular:

in causa facili atque explicata,

Cic. Planc. 2, 5.—

Plain, clear:

nisi explicata solutione non sum discessurus,

Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.— Comp.:

litterae tuae, quibus nihil potest esse explicatius, nihil perfectius,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 2.— Sup.:

explicatissima responsa,

Aug. Ep. 34 fin. —

Assured, certain:

nec habet explicatam aut exploratam rationem salutis suae,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 2.—

* Adv.: explĭ-cāte, plainly, clearly:

qui distincte, qui explicate, qui abundanter et rebus et verbis dicunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53.— Comp.:

explicatius,

August. Civ. D. 19, 4.—

explĭ-cĭtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), lit., disentangled, i. e. free from obstacles, easy:

in his erat angustiis res: sed ex propositis consiliis duobus explicitius videbatur, Ilerdam reverti,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2.

► explĭcit, in late Lat., at the end of a book, is prob. an abbreviation of explicitus (est liber), the book is ended (acc. to signif. II. B. 1.); cf.:

explicitum nobis usque ad sua cornua librum refers,

Mart. 11, 107, 1: solemus completis opusculis ad distinctionem rei alterius sequentis medium interponere Explicit aut Feliciter aut aliquid istius modi, Hier. Ep. 28, 4.

explĭcātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from explico.

explĭcātus, ūs, m. [explico], an unfolding, stretching apart. *

Lit.:

alterno crurum explicatu,

Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166.—

Trop., of speech, an explication, exposition:

(natura deorum) quam difficiles explicatus haberet,

Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93.

* * *

ap-plĭco ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm, in Quint.; app-, Merk., Kayser, Halm, in Nep. Rib.), āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1, v. a. (applicui appears to have first become prevalent in the time of Cic., and is the com. form in Vulg.; cf. Gell. 1, 7 fin.; applicavi is used by Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 860 P.; Varr. ib.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 23; Auct. B. Alex. 17 fin.; Cic. Clu. 16, 46; 24, 66; id. de Or. 1, 39, 177; 2, 13, 55; id. Brut. 91, 316; id. Inv. 2, 13, 43; 2, 51, 153; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; id. Ac. 2, 20, 65; and id. Fam. 3, 11, 5; Val. Max. 4, 7, 4; Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2; Vulg. 1 Reg. 30, 7; ib. Eccli. 33, 12; ib. Osee, 7, 6. It is found in the best MSS. and edd.; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. p. 240, and Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 477 and 479. Still later than applicui, the sup. applicitum became prevalent, Inscr, Neap. l. 6916; Inscr. Orell. 4570; Col. 4, 22, 1; 4, 24, 18; Quint. 1, 2, 26; 2, 4, 30; 4, 2, 117; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 551, and v. P. a. infra; cf. plico and its compounds, complico, explico, implico, etc.); orig., to join, fasten, or attach to, to affix; hence, to bring, add, put, place to or near to, etc. (very freq., esp. in trop. signif. and in more elevated style; in Plaut. twice; in Ter. four times;

in Cic. epistt. only once,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3; never in Tac.; syn.: admoveo, adjungo, addo, adhibeo, adicio).

In gen.

Lit.; constr. usu. with ad; rarely with dat.

With ad:

se ad arbores,

to lean against, Caes. B. G. 6, 27 (cf.:

trunco se applicuit,

Just. 12, 9, 9):

applicuit ambos ad eum,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 13; ib. 1 Macc. 9, 3:

umeros ad saxa,

Ov. M. 5, 160:

sinistrum (cornu) ad oppidum,

Liv. 27, 2:

se ad flammam,

to approach, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

sudarium ad os,

Suet. Ner. 25 al. —

With dat.:

ratem (sc. rati),

Liv. 21, 28, 5:

flumini castra,

id. 32, 30:

corporibus adplicantur,

id. 23, 27:

(asellum) ulmo,

Ov. F. 3, 750:

sanctos applicabit sibi,

Vulg. Num. 16, 5; ib. 2 Par. 2, 16.—Also with local adv.:

boves illuc,

Ov. F. 1, 543.—

Trop.

To connect with, to add to a thing:

ut ad honestatem adplicetur (voluptas),

Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 37:

annum,

Mart. 6, 28, 9:

adplicare verba verbis,

Quint. 7, 10, 17; 7, 3, 19.—

Se or animum, to attach, apply, or devote one's self or one's mind to a person or thing:

illae extemplo se (ad eos) adplicant, adglutinant,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 67:

hi se ad vos adplicant,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 13; id. And. 5, 4, 21: ad Siculos se adplicavit, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 860 P.:

se ad alicujus familiaritatem,

Cic. Clu. 16, 46:

Sicilia se ad amicitiam fidemque populi Romani applicavit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 1; so id. Lael. 9, 32; id. de Or. 1, 39, 177; id. Fam. 3, 11, 3 al.:

ad Atheniensium societatem se applicare,

Nep. Arist. 2, 3:

Certa res est ad frugem adplicare animum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 34:

animum aegrotum ad deteriorem partem adplicat,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 22:

ad virtutem animus se adplicat,

Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

aures modis,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; so id. C. S. 72 (cf.:

admovere aures, s. v. admoveo, and adhibere aures,

Cic. Arch. 3): sese ad convivia, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5:

se ad studium musicum,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 23:

me ad eundem quem Romae audiveram Molonem applicavi,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316:

se ad philosophiam, ad jus civile, ad eloquentiam,

id. Off. 1, 32, 115:

se ad scribendam historiam,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 55 al. —

Crimen alicui, to charge one with a crime, Plin. Ep. 10, 66, 4.—

Esp., naut. t. t., navem, or absol. applicari, and in the act. as v. n. (cf. 1. appello, II.), to drive, direct, steer, or bring a ship anywhere, to land, to bring to land:

navim ad naufragum applicarunt,

Cic. Inv. 2. 51, 153: ad Heraeum naves adplicuit, Liv 33, 17;

37, 12, 5: adplicatis nostris ad ter ram navibus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 101 Held.:

Ciae telluris ad oras Applicor,

Ov. M. 3, 598:

applicor ignotis (sc. terris),

id. H. 7, 117 Ruhnk. and Loers.—With in and acc.:

applicor in terras,

Ov. H. 16, 126 (cf.:

appellere in aliquem locum,

Liv. 8, 3, and 28, 42): ad terram adplicant, Auct. B. Hisp. 37 fin.; so Just. 2, 4, 21; 2, 12, 2; Dig. 1, 16, 4.—With acc. of place whither:

aliā applicuimus Samum,

Vulg. Act. 20, 15.—With abl.:

quocumque litore adplicuisse naves,

Liv. 44, 32, 4.— Absol.:

et applicuerant,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 53.— Poet.: quo accedam? quo adplicem? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44: quae vis immanibus applicat oris, drives or brings you, etc., Verg. A. 1, 616 (cf.:

nos Libycis tempestas adpulit oris,

id. ib. 1, 377):

sublimis rapitur (Medea) et Creteis regionibus applicat angues,

i. e. her dragon-chariot, Ov. M. 7, 223.—Hence,

applĭcātus ( adp-), a, um, P. a.

Placed upon, lying upon or close to, attached to:

aures,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5:

Leucas colli adplicata,

Liv. 33, 17, and Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11:

nervi adplicati ossibus,

id. 11, 37, 88, § 217.—

Inclined or adapted to, directed to:

omne animal adplicatum esse ad se diligendum,

inclined to self-love, Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34:

vehemens ad aliquam rem applicata occupatio,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 36.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.—

ap-plĭcĭtus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., applied or joined to, attached to:

adplicitum est cubiculo hypocauston,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

trunco palus,

Col. 4, 22, 2: vites arboribus adplicitae, [p. 143] Quint. 1, 2, 26.— Trop.:

pressus et velut adplicitus rei cultus,

Quint. 4, 2, 117.

ap-plĭco ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm, in Quint.; app-, Merk., Kayser, Halm, in Nep. Rib.), āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1, v. a. (applicui appears to have first become prevalent in the time of Cic., and is the com. form in Vulg.; cf. Gell. 1, 7 fin.; applicavi is used by Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 860 P.; Varr. ib.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 23; Auct. B. Alex. 17 fin.; Cic. Clu. 16, 46; 24, 66; id. de Or. 1, 39, 177; 2, 13, 55; id. Brut. 91, 316; id. Inv. 2, 13, 43; 2, 51, 153; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; id. Ac. 2, 20, 65; and id. Fam. 3, 11, 5; Val. Max. 4, 7, 4; Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2; Vulg. 1 Reg. 30, 7; ib. Eccli. 33, 12; ib. Osee, 7, 6. It is found in the best MSS. and edd.; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. p. 240, and Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 477 and 479. Still later than applicui, the sup. applicitum became prevalent, Inscr, Neap. l. 6916; Inscr. Orell. 4570; Col. 4, 22, 1; 4, 24, 18; Quint. 1, 2, 26; 2, 4, 30; 4, 2, 117; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 551, and v. P. a. infra; cf. plico and its compounds, complico, explico, implico, etc.); orig., to join, fasten, or attach to, to affix; hence, to bring, add, put, place to or near to, etc. (very freq., esp. in trop. signif. and in more elevated style; in Plaut. twice; in Ter. four times;

in Cic. epistt. only once,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3; never in Tac.; syn.: admoveo, adjungo, addo, adhibeo, adicio).

In gen.

Lit.; constr. usu. with ad; rarely with dat.

With ad:

se ad arbores,

to lean against, Caes. B. G. 6, 27 (cf.:

trunco se applicuit,

Just. 12, 9, 9):

applicuit ambos ad eum,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 13; ib. 1 Macc. 9, 3:

umeros ad saxa,

Ov. M. 5, 160:

sinistrum (cornu) ad oppidum,

Liv. 27, 2:

se ad flammam,

to approach, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

sudarium ad os,

Suet. Ner. 25 al. —

With dat.:

ratem (sc. rati),

Liv. 21, 28, 5:

flumini castra,

id. 32, 30:

corporibus adplicantur,

id. 23, 27:

(asellum) ulmo,

Ov. F. 3, 750:

sanctos applicabit sibi,

Vulg. Num. 16, 5; ib. 2 Par. 2, 16.—Also with local adv.:

boves illuc,

Ov. F. 1, 543.—

Trop.

To connect with, to add to a thing:

ut ad honestatem adplicetur (voluptas),

Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 37:

annum,

Mart. 6, 28, 9:

adplicare verba verbis,

Quint. 7, 10, 17; 7, 3, 19.—

Se or animum, to attach, apply, or devote one's self or one's mind to a person or thing:

illae extemplo se (ad eos) adplicant, adglutinant,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 67:

hi se ad vos adplicant,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 13; id. And. 5, 4, 21: ad Siculos se adplicavit, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 860 P.:

se ad alicujus familiaritatem,

Cic. Clu. 16, 46:

Sicilia se ad amicitiam fidemque populi Romani applicavit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 1; so id. Lael. 9, 32; id. de Or. 1, 39, 177; id. Fam. 3, 11, 3 al.:

ad Atheniensium societatem se applicare,

Nep. Arist. 2, 3:

Certa res est ad frugem adplicare animum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 34:

animum aegrotum ad deteriorem partem adplicat,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 22:

ad virtutem animus se adplicat,

Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

aures modis,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; so id. C. S. 72 (cf.:

admovere aures, s. v. admoveo, and adhibere aures,

Cic. Arch. 3): sese ad convivia, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5:

se ad studium musicum,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 23:

me ad eundem quem Romae audiveram Molonem applicavi,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316:

se ad philosophiam, ad jus civile, ad eloquentiam,

id. Off. 1, 32, 115:

se ad scribendam historiam,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 55 al. —

Crimen alicui, to charge one with a crime, Plin. Ep. 10, 66, 4.—

Esp., naut. t. t., navem, or absol. applicari, and in the act. as v. n. (cf. 1. appello, II.), to drive, direct, steer, or bring a ship anywhere, to land, to bring to land:

navim ad naufragum applicarunt,

Cic. Inv. 2. 51, 153: ad Heraeum naves adplicuit, Liv 33, 17;

37, 12, 5: adplicatis nostris ad ter ram navibus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 101 Held.:

Ciae telluris ad oras Applicor,

Ov. M. 3, 598:

applicor ignotis (sc. terris),

id. H. 7, 117 Ruhnk. and Loers.—With in and acc.:

applicor in terras,

Ov. H. 16, 126 (cf.:

appellere in aliquem locum,

Liv. 8, 3, and 28, 42): ad terram adplicant, Auct. B. Hisp. 37 fin.; so Just. 2, 4, 21; 2, 12, 2; Dig. 1, 16, 4.—With acc. of place whither:

aliā applicuimus Samum,

Vulg. Act. 20, 15.—With abl.:

quocumque litore adplicuisse naves,

Liv. 44, 32, 4.— Absol.:

et applicuerant,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 53.— Poet.: quo accedam? quo adplicem? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44: quae vis immanibus applicat oris, drives or brings you, etc., Verg. A. 1, 616 (cf.:

nos Libycis tempestas adpulit oris,

id. ib. 1, 377):

sublimis rapitur (Medea) et Creteis regionibus applicat angues,

i. e. her dragon-chariot, Ov. M. 7, 223.—Hence,

applĭcātus ( adp-), a, um, P. a.

Placed upon, lying upon or close to, attached to:

aures,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5:

Leucas colli adplicata,

Liv. 33, 17, and Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11:

nervi adplicati ossibus,

id. 11, 37, 88, § 217.—

Inclined or adapted to, directed to:

omne animal adplicatum esse ad se diligendum,

inclined to self-love, Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34:

vehemens ad aliquam rem applicata occupatio,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 36.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.—

ap-plĭcĭtus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., applied or joined to, attached to:

adplicitum est cubiculo hypocauston,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

trunco palus,

Col. 4, 22, 2: vites arboribus adplicitae, [p. 143] Quint. 1, 2, 26.— Trop.:

pressus et velut adplicitus rei cultus,

Quint. 4, 2, 117.

com-plĭco ( conp-), āvi, ātum (postAug. ui, ĭtum; cf.: applico, explico, etc.), 1, v. a., to fold together, to fold up (rare but class.).

Prop.:

rudentem,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 1:

armamenta,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 83:

epistulam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 17; id. Att. 12, 1, 2:

Diogenes se complicuit in dolio,

Sen. Ep. 90, 11:

pedibus complicitis,

App. M. 9, p. 236; cf.:

complicitus in genua,

id. ib. 1, p. 111, 3. —

Trop.:

si quis voluerit animi sui complicatam notionem evolvere (the figure borrowed from the folding together of books, letters, etc.),

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76.

com-plĭco ( conp-), āvi, ātum (postAug. ui, ĭtum; cf.: applico, explico, etc.), 1, v. a., to fold together, to fold up (rare but class.).

Prop.:

rudentem,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 1:

armamenta,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 83:

epistulam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 17; id. Att. 12, 1, 2:

Diogenes se complicuit in dolio,

Sen. Ep. 90, 11:

pedibus complicitis,

App. M. 9, p. 236; cf.:

complicitus in genua,

id. ib. 1, p. 111, 3. —

Trop.:

si quis voluerit animi sui complicatam notionem evolvere (the figure borrowed from the folding together of books, letters, etc.),

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76.

ē-nōdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to free from knots.

Lit.:

vitem,

Cato, R. R. 33, 1; 44; Col. 5, 6, 14.—

Transf.:

arcum,

i. e. to deprive of the string, to unstring, App. M. 5, p. 172.—

Trop., of speech, to free from obscurity, i. e. to make plain, to explain, elucidate, unfold, declare (mostly ante-class.; syn.: expedio, extrico, enucleo, expono, interpretor, explano, explico): quod quaero abs te enoda, et qui sis explica, Att. ap. Non. 15, 7; cf. Enn. Pac., Turp., and Varr. ib. 11 sq.:

nomina,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

praecepta,

id. Inv. 2, 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 9, 26; Auct. Her. 2, 10 fin.:

plerosque juris laqueos,

Gell. 13, 10, 1.— Hence, ēnōdātē, adv. (acc. to II.), clearly, plainly:

narrare,

Cic. Inv. 1, 21 fin.— Comp.:

explicare,

id. Fin. 5, 9 fin.—Sup.:

expedire,

Aug. Conf. 5, 6.

ex-pĕdĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. [pes], orig., to free the feet, i. e. from a snare; hence, in gen., to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate any thing entangled, involved (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: extrico, enodo, enucleo, explico, expono, interpretor, etc.).

Lit.:

videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, §

106: mortis laqueis caput,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf.

also: vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

id. ib. 1, 27, 24:

flammam inter et hostes Expedior,

make my way through, Verg. A. 2, 633:

errantem nemori,

Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects:

aditus expediunt,

open a passage, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.:

sibi locum,

id. B. C. 2, 9, 6:

iter fugae per invias rupes,

Liv. 38, 2, 14:

agrum saxosum lectione lapidum,

Col. 2, 2, 12: capillus pectine quotidie expediendus est, disentangled, Fronto de Eloqu. init. —

Transf.

In gen., to fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare any thing folded up, put away, etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1:

vela,

Ov. H. 17, 200:

hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:

cererem canistris,

Verg. A. 1, 702:

convivia mediis tectis (famulae),

Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.:

cibaria pastoribus,

to provide, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6:

merces suas (institor),

Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to procure, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4:

arma,

to hold in readiness, Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592:

tela equosque,

Liv. 38, 25, 14:

ferrum,

id. 24, 26, 10:

naves,

Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

vineas in occulto,

id. B. G 7, 27, 2:

copias,

Tac. A. 13, 7:

se celeriter (Galli equites),

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4:

se,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf.

mid.: exercitum expediri ad bellum jubet,

Tac. H. 2, 99. —

to send away, despatch ( poet.):

me ex suis locis pulcre ornatum expedivit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—

Absol., for expedire se, to arm one's self for battle (only in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10:

multos secum expedire jubet,

id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.

Trop., to bring out, extricate, release, free from any evil, obstacle, etc.:

impeditum animum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit, se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

haererem, nisi tu me expedisses,

id. Pis. 30, 74:

ex servitute filium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.:

se ex turba,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

se ab omni occupatione,

Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2:

aliquem omni molestiā,

id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so,

se aerumnis,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8:

se crimine,

id. ib. 5, 1, 28:

se cura,

id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4:

civitatem malis obsidionalibus,

Amm. 16, 4, 3: amor Lycisci me tenet, Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae manus) per acuta belli, bring or help through, id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.:

per quot discrimina rerum Expedior?

escape, Val. Fl. 1, 217:

me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt,

Cic. Fam. 14, 19:

si vita nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, omnis honesta ratio esset expediendae salutis,

of obtaining safety, id. Mil. 4, 10.—

Transf.

To put in order, arrange, set right:

cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias,

Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2:

expedire et conficere res,

id. Brut. 42, 154:

rem frumentariam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.:

negotia (with explicare),

Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve,

settle, pay, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

nomen,

id. ib. 13, 29, 3:

Faberianum,

id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a pun respecting a scholar unable to pay his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum difficile expedire nomen, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11:

quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio,

settle, arrange, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.:

expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris,

id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

consilia sua,

Tac. H. 3, 73:

docte hanc fallaciam,

put into operation, Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—

Of speech, to disclose, unfold, explain, relate, narrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, will show, Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19;

Pac., Att.,

Pompon. ib. 15 sq.:

agedum, hoc mihi expedi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam,

Verg. G. 4, 286:

pauca tibi e multis... expediam dictis,

id. A. 3, 379:

priusquam hujuscemodi rei initium expedio,

Sall. J. 5, 2:

nunc originem, mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit, expediam,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

me non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti,

id. ib. 14, 55:

ea de caede quam verissime expediam,

id. H. 4, 48:

promptius expediam quot, etc.,

i. e. it will take me a shorter time to recount, Juv. 10, 220.—

Reflex. of events, to develop, run their course, proceed:

amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.:

ut res vostrorum omnium bene expedire voltis,

to make favorable progress, id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; but Ussing reads me expedire, benefit me).—

Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps out, furthers, promotes; hence), it is serviceable, profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient (class.):

nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23:

non igitur faciat, dixerit quis, quod utile sit, quod expediat? Immo intelligat, nihil nec expedire nec utile esse, quod sit injustum,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

quid intersit sua, quid expediat,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias,

id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.:

ut non idem expediret, incidere saepe,

id. Lael. 10, 33:

quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis,

id. Att. 7, 22, 1:

non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al. —With an inf. clause as subject:

expedit bonas esse vobis,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16:

cui (reo) damnari expediret,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.:

cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expediret,

id. Caecin. 6, 16:

ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,

Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. clause as subject after ut or ne (post-class.):

expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant,

Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.:

expedit rei publicae, ne sua re quis male utatur,

Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2:

neque expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur,

Tac. A. 3, 69.— Absol.:

tu si ita expedit, velim quamprimum conscendas,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

sic magis expedit,

Quint. 4, 2, 67:

ut expediat causae,

id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., unimpeded, unincumbered, disengaged, free, easy, ready, at hand.

Of persons:

cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,

Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. without baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

eo circiter hominum numero XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu Ariovistus misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3:

legiones expeditae,

id. B. C. 1, 42, 1;

so of soldiers without baggage,

id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a soldier lightly burdened, a swiftly marching soldier:

latitudo (silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1:

obviam fit ei Clodius expeditus in equo,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf.

Sagana,

tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25:

expedito nobis homine et parato opus est,

ready, at hand, prompt, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.:

expeditus ad caedem,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

ad pronuntiandum,

id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

id. Brut. 48 fin. —

Of inanim. or abstr. things, convenient, at hand:

iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit,

commodious, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.:

via expeditior ad honores,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104:

reditum in caelum patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum,

id. Lael. 4, 13:

pecunia expeditissima quae erat, tibi decreta est,

the readiest, the nearest at hand, id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf.

rationes,

id. ib. 10, 25, 2:

cena (with parca),

Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1:

expeditissimum unguentorum,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

probabili expedito, soluto, libero, nullā re implicato,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio,

id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.:

expedita ac profluens dicendi celeritas,

id. ib. 61, 220:

inops ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae disciplina,

id. ib. 76, 263:

prope jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt,

achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin. —

In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or have in readiness or at hand:

quaedam sunt quidem in animo, sed parum prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, quum dicta sunt,

Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.:

promptum hoc et in expedito positum,

Quint. 10, 7, 24:

in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam,

ready for action, Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, without impediment, without difficulty, readily, promptly, quickly:

in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.:

expedite explicans quod proposuerat,

id. Brut. 67, 237:

fabulatu's,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63:

loqui,

Suet. Aug. 89.— Comp.:

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69:

navigare,

id. Att. 6, 8, 4:

fit putatio,

Col. Arb. 11, 1.— Sup.:

ex quo te, quocumque opus erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

ex-plāno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit., to flatten or spread out:

suberi cortex in denos pedes undique explanatus,

Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34.—

Trop., of speech, to make plain or clear, to explain (class.:

syn.: explico, expono, interpretor): qualis differentia sit honesti et decori, facilius intelligi quam explanari potest,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 4:

rem latentem explicare definiendo, obscuram explanare interpretando, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 42, 152:

explanare apertiusque dicere aliquid,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60:

docere et explanare,

id. Off. 1, 28, 101:

aliquid conjecturā,

id. de Or. 2, 69, 280:

rem,

id. Or. 24, 80:

quem amicum tuum ais fuisse istum, explana mihi,

Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 33:

de cujus hominis moribus pauca prius explananda sunt, quam initium narrandi faciam,

Sall. C. 4, 5.— Pass. impers.:

juxta quod flumen, aut ubi fuerit, non satis explanatur,

Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97.—

To utter distinctly:

et ille juravit, expressit, explanavitque verba, quibus, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 64, 3.—Hence, explānātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), plain, distinct (rare):

claritas in voce, in lingua etiam explanata vocum impressio,

i. e. an articulate pronunciation, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19: parum explanatis vocibus sermo praeruptus, Sen. de Ira, 1, 1, 4.— Adv. ex-plānāte, plainly, clearly, distinctly:

scriptum,

Gell. 16, 8, 3.— Comp.:

ut definire rem cum explanatius, tum etiam uberius (opp. presse et anguste),

Cic. Or. 33, 117.

explĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [explico], an unfolding, uncoiling (for the most part only in Cic.).

Lit.:

est quasi rudentis explicatio,

Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127.—

Trop. [p. 696] of speech, an unfolding, expounding, an explication, exposition, explanation:

multum ad ea, quae quaerimus, explicatio tua ista profecerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 4, 14:

naturae,

id. Div. 2, 63, 129:

explicatio fabularum et enodatio nominum,

id. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

illustris perpolitaque,

id. de Or. 2, 27, 120:

mira in disserendo,

id. Brut. 38, 143:

difficilior,

Quint. 1, 10, 49:

inflata,

Sen. Ep. 114.