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expediō īvī, ītus, īre

ex + pes, to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate : nodum: ex nullo (laqueo) se: mortis laqueis caput, H.: flammam inter et hostīs Expedior, make my way , V.: errantem nemori, O.: sibi locum, make room , Cs.: iter per rupes, L.To fetch out, bring forward , procure, make ready, prepare : vela, O.: virgas expediri iubet: cererem canistris, V.: navīs, Cs.: legiones, Cs.: exercitum, L.: se ad pugnam, L.: ius auxili sui, exercise , L.To despatch, hurl : trans finem iaculo expedito, H.—Fig., to bring out, extricate, release, free : me turbā, T.: impeditum animum, T.: haererem, nisi tu me expedisses: Quas (manūs) per acuta belli, help through , H.: me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt.— To put in order, arrange, set right, adjust, settle : rem, ut poteris: rem frumentariam, Cs.: nomina mea, pay : exitum orationis: quod instat, V.To explain, unfold, make clear, clear up, disclose, relate : pauca tibi dictis, V.: rei initium, S.: ea de caede, Ta.: Promptius expediam quot, etc., i. e. could sooner recount , Iu.To be serviceable, be profitable, be advantageous, be useful, be expedient, profit : nihil expedire quod sit iniustum: non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini: Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae: expedit bonas esse vobis, T.: omnibus expedit salvam esse rem p.: tu si ita expedit, velim, etc.

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