explico

See also: explicó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əksˈpli.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əksˈpli.ku/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /eksˈpli.ko/

Verb

explico

1. first-person singular form of explicar

Latin

Alternative forms

• explicit (medieval)

Etymology

From ex- +‎ plicō (“I fold”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

   Synonyms: absolvō, dissolvō, solvō

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

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

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

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

   Synonym: expōnō

Conjugation

• The third and fourth principal parts may also appear as explicuī and explicitum respectively.

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	explicāvistī	explicāvit	explicāvimus	explicāvistis	explicāvērunt, explicāvēre
	pluperfect	explicāveram	explicāverās	explicāverat	explicāverāmus	explicāverātis	explicāverant
	future perfect	explicāverō	explicāveris	explicāverit	explicāverimus	explicāveritis	explicāverint
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 + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	explicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	explicātus + 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	explicāverīs	explicāverit	explicāverīmus	explicāverītis	explicāverint
	pluperfect	explicāvissem	explicāvissēs	explicāvisset	explicāvissēmus	explicāvissētis	explicāvissent
passive	present	explicer	explicēris, explicēre	explicētur	explicēmur	explicēminī	explicentur
	imperfect	explicārer	explicārēris, explicārēre	explicārētur	explicārēmur	explicārēminī	explicārentur
	perfect	explicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	explicātus + 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	explicātūrum esse	explicārī	explicātum esse	explicātum īrī
participles		explicāns	—	explicātūrus	—	explicātus	explicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		explicandī	explicandō	explicandum	explicandō	explicātum	explicātū

Derived terms

• explicābilis
• explicāns
• explicanter
• explicātē
• explicātiō
• explicātor
• explicātrīx
• explicātus
• explicit
• 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
• Old Catalan: esplegar
• Old Occitan: esplegar
• Romansch: splajer
• Sicilian: schicari, spricari
• Venetian: 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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 (in German), volume 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