I.an unfolding, uncoiling (for the most part only in Cic.). *
I. Lit.: “est quasi rudentis explicatio,” Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127.—
II. 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.