Lewis Short
(verb) : ex-trīco, āvi, ātum, 1, (
* Dep. form extricor, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 49; v.infra fin.) [tricae], to disentangle, extricate, to clear, free (rare; not in Cic.; syn.: explico, enodo, expedio, enucleo, explano).
* Lit.: extricata densis Cerva plagis,Hor. C. 3, 5, 31: margaritae extricatae,unstrung, loose,Dig. 9, 2, 27 fin.
* Transf.: silvestris ager facile extricatur,is cleared, made arable,Col. 3, 11, 3: mercedem aut nummos unde unde extricat,procures with difficulty, hunts up,Hor. S. 1, 3, 88.
* Trop.: putas eos non citius tricas Atellanas quam id extricaturos, to unravel, clear up, Varr. ap. Non. 8, 29: de aliquo nihil, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 1: nihil,Phaedr. 4, 22, 4: omne genus daemoniorum,removes, drives out,Vulg. Tobiae, 6, 8.—In dep. form: extricabor aliqua ope,Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 49.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary