explĭcātus

ūs, m.

explico

I. an unfolding, stretching apart. *
I. Lit.: alterno crurum explicatu, Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166.— *
II. Trop., of speech, an explication, exposition: (natura deorum) quam difficiles explicatus haberet, Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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