ex-plicō āvī and uī, ātus or itus, āre,
to unfold, uncoil, unroll, unfurl, unclose, spread out,
loosen, undo: explicatā veste: volumen: frondes,
V.: frontem sollicitam, smooth, H.: seria contractae frontis, H. — Reflex., to extricate oneself,
get free: te aliquā viā: se angustum,
Iu.—To spread out, stretch out, extend, deploy, display: aciem, L.: ordines, L.: cohortīs, V.: se turmatim, Cs.:
per obstantīs catervas sua arma, H.: forum ad atrium Libertatis: (in serpente) orbīs,
O.—Fig., to unfold, set free, release: intellegentiam tuam:
Siciliam cinctam periculis. — To disentangle, set in order,
arrange, regulate, settle, adjust, rescue: eius negotia: rationem
salutis: de hortis: consilium his rationibus explicabat, his plan was
governed by, Cs.: re explicatā: rationes, balance
accounts: nomen, satisfy: pecuniam:
nihilo plus explicet ac si Insanire paret, make no more out of it,
H.—To explain, unfold, set forth, exhibit, treat, convey, express: vitam alterius totam: funera fando, V.: philosophiam: breviter quae mihi sit ratio: de rerum naturā.
