Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 650.explicō on page 650
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explicāre to unfold
explicāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to unfold.
Definitions for explicāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
unfold, explain, spread out, deploy
English derivatives:
explicate inexplicable implicate implication
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To free from folds, creases, coils, etc., unfold, untwine, straighten. (b) to unroll (books, etc., for the purpose of reading them). (c) to free from surface irregularities, level out, smooth. (d) to stretch out (in death; in sleep)
- 2
To extricate; (also transf., from difficulties, dangers).
- 3
To disentangle (a difficulty, uncertainty), settle solve.
- 4
To make to extend in space, spread out, expand; (mil.) to extend in line of battle, deploy. (b) to make room for. (c) (pass. and refl.) to be spread out, stretch, extend. (d) to lay out (measurements).
- 5
To extend, expand, develop (activities).
Sentences with explicāre
Latin to English
Ego omnia els explicabo.Compare I will explain everything to them.
Is quoque, si videtur, correctio explico.Compare I will explain that correction also, if you like.
Quid est ergo tempus? si nemo ex me quaerat, scio; si quaerenti explicare velim nescio.Compare What, then, is time? If no one asks me, I know; if I want to explain it to someone who does ask me, I do not know.
Conjugation table for explicāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| explicō explicās explicat explicāmus explicātis explicant | explicābam explicābās explicābat explicābāmus explicābātis explicābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| explicāvī / explicuī explicāvistī / explicuistī explicāvit / explicuit explicāvimus / explicuimus explicāvistis / explicuistis explicāvērunt / explicāvēre / explicuērunt / explicuēre | explicāveram / explicueram explicāverās / explicuerās explicāverat / explicuerat explicāverāmus / explicuerāmus explicāverātis / explicuerātis explicāverant / explicuerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| explicābō explicābis explicābit explicābimus explicābitis explicābunt | explicāverō / explicuerō explicāveris / explicueris explicāverit / explicuerit explicāverimus / explicuerimus explicāveritis / explicueritis explicāverint / explicuerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| explicem explicēs explicet explicēmus explicētis explicent | explicārem explicārēs explicāret explicārēmus explicārētis explicārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| explicāverim / explicuerim explicāveris / explicueris explicāverit / explicuerit explicāverimus / explicuerimus explicāveritis / explicueritis explicāverint / explicuerint | explicāvissem / explicuissem explicāvissēs / explicuissēs explicāvisset / explicuisset explicāvissēmus / explicuissēmus explicāvissētis / explicuissētis explicāvissent / explicuissent |
Infinitive present explicāre Infinitive perfect explicāvisse / explicuisse Infinitive future explicitūrum esse / explicātūrum esse | Imperative present explicā explicāte Imperative future explicātō explicātō explicātōte explicantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| explicor explicāris explicātur explicāmur explicāminī explicantur | explicābar explicābāris / explicābāre explicābātur explicābāmur explicābāminī explicābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| explicitus / explicātus sum explicitus / explicātus es explicitus / explicātus est explicitī / explicātī sumus explicitī / explicātī estis explicitī / explicātī sunt | explicitus / explicātus eram explicitus / explicātus erās explicitus / explicātus erat explicitī / explicātī erāmus explicitī / explicātī erātis explicitī / explicātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| explicābor explicāberis / explicābere explicābitur explicābimur explicābiminī explicābuntur | explicitus / explicātus erō explicitus / explicātus eris explicitus / explicātus erit explicitī / explicātī erimus explicitī / explicātī eritis explicitī / explicātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| explicer explicēris / explicēre explicētur explicēmur explicēminī explicentur | explicārer explicārēris / explicārēre explicārētur explicārēmur explicārēminī explicārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| explicitus / explicātus sim explicitus / explicātus sīs explicitus / explicātus sit explicitī / explicātī sīmus explicitī / explicātī sītis explicitī / explicātī sint | explicitus / explicātus essem explicitus / explicātus essēs explicitus / explicātus esset explicitī / explicātī essēmus explicitī / explicātī essētis explicitī / explicātī essent |
Infinitive present explicārī Infinitive perfect explicitum esse / explicātum esse Infinitive future explicitum īrī / explicātum īrī | Imperative present explicāre explicāminī Imperative future explicātor explicātor - explicāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | explicāns | explicantēs |
| Gen. | explicantis | explicantium |
| Dat. | explicantī | explicantibus |
| Acc. | explicantem | explicantēs |
| Abl. | explicante | explicantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | explicitūrus / explicātūrus | explicitūrī / explicātūrī |
| Gen. | explicitūrī / explicātūrī | explicitūrōrum / explicātūrōrum |
| Dat. | explicitūrō / explicātūrō | explicitūrīs / explicātūrīs |
| Acc. | explicitūrum / explicātūrum | explicitūrōs / explicātūrōs |
| Abl. | explicitūrō / explicātūrō | explicitūrīs / explicātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | explicitus / explicātus | explicitī / explicātī |
| Gen. | explicitī / explicātī | explicitōrum / explicātōrum |
| Dat. | explicitō / explicātō | explicitīs / explicātīs |
| Acc. | explicitum / explicātum | explicitōs / explicātōs |
| Abl. | explicitō / explicātō | explicitīs / explicātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | explicandus | explicandī |
| Gen. | explicandī | explicandōrum |
| Dat. | explicandō | explicandīs |
| Acc. | explicandum | explicandōs |
| Abl. | explicandō | explicandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | explicāre | explicitum / explicātum |
| Gen. | explicandī | explicitū / explicātū |
| Dat. | explicandō | |
| Acc. | explicandum | |
| Abl. | explicandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 286.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 650.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "explicō, explicāre, explicāvī, explicātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 17, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/explico-explicare-explicavi-explicatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 286.explicate, inexplicable, implicate, implication on page 286
