(v. a.P. a.adv.) : 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.
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* 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.
* 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.
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* 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 persons: cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,Cic. Quint. 6, 23: inermos 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.
* 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,Cic. 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.
* 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.

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