Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I.perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27; “sync. expostus,” Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to put or set out, to set forth, expose (class.; most freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: expedio, explano, explico).

I. Lit.

A. In gen.: “stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa Samia,” set out, Cic. Mur. 36, 75: “vasa,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35: “apparatum in porticibus,” Suet. Caes. 10; cf.: “aliquid in publico,” Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21: “herbam in sole,” Col. 12, 28, 1: “aliquem ictu,” to put out, turn out, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14: “cubito,” id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—

B. In partic.

1. Of children, to expose: “puellam ad necem,” Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3: “ad januam matris,” Suet. Claud. 27 al.—

2. Naut. t. t.

a. To set on shore, to land, disembark: “milites ex navibus,” Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1; “for which: socios de puppibus,” Verg. A. 10, 288: “milites in terram,” Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2: “expositis omnibus copiis,” id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9: “ibi in terram,” id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.: “in litora,” Liv. 37, 28, 8: “aegra mancipia in insulam,” Suet. Claud. 25; but also with abl.: “in Africa,” Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.: “in terra,” Vell. 2, 79, 4: “in litore,” Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2: “in portu,” Just. 18, 1, 3: “ibi Themistoclem,” Nep. Them. 8, 7: “ad eum locum milites,” Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3: “quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset,” id. ib. 3, 29 fin.: “expositum peregrinis arenis os,” Ov. M. 11, 56: “quartā vix demum exponimur horā,” Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi frumentum; “exposui, vendo meum, etc.,” have unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51: “merces,” Dig. 14, 2, 10.—

b. To throw on the ground, throw down: “paene exposivit cubito,” Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 34.—

c. To throw overboard: “si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit,” Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—

3. Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to offer a sum to one, place at one's disposal, to be ready to pay: “de Oppio bene curasti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,” Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for which, aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—

4. Pregn., to leave exposed or unprotected, to expose, lay open (not ante-Aug.): “ad ictus,” Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31: “ille ad omnes ictus expositus,” id. 9, 5, 9: “ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur,” Tac. H. 3, 5: “exercitum hosti,” Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67: “ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum,” Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2: “piscibus beluisque,” Petr. 115: “exposito solibus loco,” Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.—Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, quia expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.

II. Trop.

A. In gen.: “totam causam, judices, explicemus atque ante oculos expositam consideremus,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.: “vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere,” id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: “disciplina puerilis publice exposita,” id. Rep. 4, 3: “orationem,” to publish, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.: “capita exposita nec explicata,” id. Brut. 44, 164: “erant huic studio maxima exposita praemia,” id. de Or. 1, 4, 15: “praemium,” to set forth, propose, id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3: “factum expositum ad imitandum,” id. Phil. 2, 44, 114: “exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,” id. Rep. 1, 46: “opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito,” Suet. Caes. 49: “expositum ad invidiam nomen,” Tac. H. 2, 53: “nomen Dei,” to prostitute, dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—

B. In partic., of speech, to set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound; constr. with acc. and inf., or a rel. clause as object, or with de: “coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime Gallus exponere,” Cic. Rep. 1, 14: “talis coetus, qualem exposui,” id. ib. 1, 26: “quae adhuc exposui,” id. ib. 2, 23: “obscura dilucide,” id. Fin. 4, 1, 1: “rem pluribus verbis,” id. ib. 3, 4, 15: “rem breviter,” id. Cat. 3, 1, 3: “mandata in senatu,” id. de Or. 2, 12, 49: “narrationem,” id. Or. 62, 210: “sententias ejus disputationis hoc libro,” id. Lael. 1, 3: “artes rhetoricas,” id. de Or. 3, 20, 75: “disputationem alicui,” id. Rep. 1, 8: “sermonem de amicitia alicui,” id. Lael. 1, 3: “eadem multitudini,” Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4: “expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem, tum docebis, etc.,” explain, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26: “apud eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,” id. Leg. 3, 20, 47: “ex memoria alicui quid senatus censuerit,” id. Cat. 3, 6, 13: “ab initio, res quemadmodum gesta sit,” id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.: “hoc de quo modo exposuit Antonius,” id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10: “expone nunc de reprehendendo,” id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.: “Caesar contione advocata ... exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc.,” Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so, “exposito quod nuntiatum erat,” Curt. 4, 13: “quasi gesta bello expositurus,” Tac. A. 15, 72: summum bonum exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, expositio, ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus , a, um, P. a., qs. publicly set out; hence, open, free, accessible.

A. Lit.: “limen,” Stat. S. 1, 2, 24: “census,” open to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152: “numen (with nulli negatum),” Luc. 5, 103; cf.: “(homo) obvius et expositus,” Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta , ōrum, n., the open parts, those exposed to view: “frontem ejus tantum novi et exposita, quae ostendit etiam transeuntibus,” Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—

B. Trop.

1. Accessible, affable: “mores,” Stat. S. 5, 3, 246.—

2. Of authors, intelligible, lucid: “optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim,” Quint. 2, 5, 19.—

3. In a bad sense, common, vulgar: “qui nihil expositum soleat deducere, etc.,” Juv. 7, 54.—Adv.: expŏ-sĭte , plainly, clearly: “non exposite et aperte ostendere, sed reconditā significatione,” Gell. 3, 2, 14.