explĭcātĭo (noun F) : explico
* An unfolding, uncoiling (for the most part only in Cic.). *
* Lit.: est quasi rudentis explicatio,Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127.
* Trop. 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.

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