explico

See also: explicó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əksˈpli.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əksˈpli.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eksˈpli.ko]

Verb

explico

1. first-person singular present indicative of explicar

Galician

Verb

explico

1. first-person singular present indicative of explicar

Latin

Alternative forms

• explicit (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From ex- +‎ plicō (“I fold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spli.koː/, [ˈɛks̠plʲɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spli.ko/, [ˈɛkspliko]

Verb

explicō (present infinitive explicāre, perfect active explicāvī or explicuī, supine explicātum or explicitum); first conjugation

1. to unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo

   Synonyms: absolvō, dissolvō, solvō

   Antonyms: ligō, colligō, illigō, cōnserō, cōnfīgō, adalligō, alligō, dēligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō

2. to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy

   Synonyms: extendō, distendō, porrigō, prōferō, pandō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō

3. to disentangle, solve, settle, arrange, regulate, adjust
4. (of speech) to develop, set forth, exhibit
5. to explain

   Synonym: expōnō

Conjugation

Conjugation of explicō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	explicō	explicās	explicat	explicāmus	explicātis	explicant
	imperfect	explicābam	explicābās	explicābat	explicābāmus	explicābātis	explicābant
	future	explicābō	explicābis	explicābit	explicābimus	explicābitis	explicābunt
	perfect	explicāvī, explicuī	explicāvistī, explicuistī	explicāvit, explicuit	explicāvimus, explicuimus	explicāvistis, explicuistis	explicāvērunt, explicāvēre, explicuērunt, explicuēre
	pluperfect	explicāveram, explicueram	explicāverās, explicuerās	explicāverat, explicuerat	explicāverāmus, explicuerāmus	explicāverātis, explicuerātis	explicāverant, explicuerant
	future perfect	explicāverō, explicuerō	explicāveris, explicueris	explicāverit, explicuerit	explicāverimus, explicuerimus	explicāveritis, explicueritis	explicāverint, explicuerint
passive	present	explicor	explicāris, explicāre	explicātur	explicāmur	explicāminī	explicantur
	imperfect	explicābar	explicābāris, explicābāre	explicābātur	explicābāmur	explicābāminī	explicābantur
	future	explicābor	explicāberis, explicābere	explicābitur	explicābimur	explicābiminī	explicābuntur
	perfect	explicātus or explicitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	explicātus or explicitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	explicātus or explicitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	explicem	explicēs	explicet	explicēmus	explicētis	explicent
	imperfect	explicārem	explicārēs	explicāret	explicārēmus	explicārētis	explicārent
	perfect	explicāverim, explicuerim	explicāverīs, explicuerīs	explicāverit, explicuerit	explicāverīmus, explicuerīmus	explicāverītis, explicuerītis	explicāverint, explicuerint
	pluperfect	explicāvissem, explicuissem	explicāvissēs, explicuissēs	explicāvisset, explicuisset	explicāvissēmus, explicuissēmus	explicāvissētis, explicuissētis	explicāvissent, explicuissent
passive	present	explicer	explicēris, explicēre	explicētur	explicēmur	explicēminī	explicentur
	imperfect	explicārer	explicārēris, explicārēre	explicārētur	explicārēmur	explicārēminī	explicārentur
	perfect	explicātus or explicitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	explicātus or explicitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	explicā	—	—	explicāte	—
	future	—	explicātō	explicātō	—	explicātōte	explicantō
passive	present	—	explicāre	—	—	explicāminī	—
	future	—	explicātor	explicātor	—	—	explicantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		explicāre	explicāvisse, explicuisse	explicātūrum esse, explicitūrum esse	explicārī	explicātum esse, explicitum esse	explicātum īrī, explicitum īrī
participles		explicāns	—	explicātūrus, explicitūrus	—	explicātus, explicitus	explicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		explicandī	explicandō	explicandum	explicandō	explicātum, explicitum	explicātū, explicitū

Derived terms

• explicābilis
• explicāns
• explicanter
• explicātē
• explicātiō
• explicātor
• explicātrīx
• explicātus
• explicitus

 

Related terms

• applicō
• circumplicō
• complicō
• displicō
• implicō
• interplicō
• plicō
• replicō

 

Descendants

All inherited descendants reflect a stressed ĭ: */sˈplɪ.ko/.

• Corsican: spiegà
• French: éployer
• Italian: spiegare
  • → Friulian: spiegâ
  • → Sicilian: spiecari, spigari
  • → Maltese: spjega
• Old Catalan: esplegar
• Old Occitan: esplegar
• Romansch: splajer
• Sicilian: schicari, spricari
• Venetan: spiegar
• → Albanian: shpjegoj
• → Friulian: esplicâ
• → Galician: explicar
• → German: explizieren
• → Catalan: explicar
• → Danish: explicere
• → Dutch: expliceren
  • → Afrikaans: ekspliseer
• → English: explicate
• → Esperanto: ekspliki
• → French: expliquer
  • → Hausa: eksplike
• → Luxembourgish: explizéieren
• → Norman: explyitchi (Jersey)
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: explicere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: explicere
• → Occitan: explicar
• → Portuguese: explicar
• → Romanian: explica
• → Spanish: explicar
• → Swedish: explicera

References

• “explico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “explico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• explico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to frown: frontem contrahere (opp. explicare)
    
  • (ambiguous) to give lectures: scholas habere, explicare (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to explain one's sentiments: sententias (verbis) explicare, aperire
    
  • (ambiguous) to give a full, detailed account of a thing: pluribus verbis, copiosius explicare, persequi aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to explain a matter briefly, in a few words (not paucis verbis): breviter, paucis explicare aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to open a book: volumen explicare
    
  • (ambiguous) to extend the line of battle, deploy the battalions: aciem explicare or dilatare
    
• explico in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “explicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 310

Portuguese

Verb

explico

1. first-person singular present indicative of explicar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsˈpliko/ [eɣ̞sˈpli.ko]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Syllabification: ex‧pli‧co

Verb

explico

1. first-person singular present indicative of explicar