(v. a.P. a.P. a.) : 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 !*?): iter commode explicui, excepto quod, etc.,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.
* 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.

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