ἐξαπλόω

A. unfold, roll out, οὐρανὸν ὡς δέρριν ἐξαπλῶσαι Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 17; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα S.E. M. 2.7: metaph., πᾶσαν τὴν ἔννοιαν εἰς τὰ πάντα Dam. Pr. 1:—Pass., to be unfolded, spread out, ὕπτιος ἐξήπλωτο νεκρὸν δέμας Batr. 106; ἀϊδιότης ‐ωθεῖσα κατὰ τὴν χρονικὴν παράτασιν unrolled successively, Procl. Inst. 55.

2. unfold, explain, ἀμφιβόλους λέξεις Ph. 1.302:—Pass., Demetr. Eloc. 254, S.E. M. 7.233.

3. Medic., open out a fistula, Heliod. ap. Orib. 44.23.50 (Pass.).