explico

See also: explicó

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

explico

first-person singular present indicative of explicar

Galician

Verb

explico

first-person singular present indicative of explicar

Latin

Alternative forms

explicit (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.

Latin plicō

Latin explicō

From ex- + plicō (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.splɪ.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.spli.ko]

Verb

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

to unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo
Synonyms: absolvō, dissolvō, solvō

Antonyms: ligō, colligō, illigō, cōnserō, cōnfīgō, adalligō, alligō, dēligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō
to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy
Synonyms: extendō, distendō, porrigō, prōferō, pandō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō
to disentangle, solve, settle, arrange, regulate, adjust
(of speech) to develop, set forth, exhibit
to explain
Synonym: expōnō

Conjugation

Conjugation of explicō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	explicā		—	—	explicāte		—
active	future	—	explicātō		explicātō	—	explicātōte		explicantō
passive	present	—	explicāre		—	—	explicāminī		—
passive	future	—	explicātor		explicātor	—	—		explicantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		explicāre		explicārī		explicāns		—
future		explicātūrum esse, explicitūrum esse		explicātum īrī, explicitum īrī		explicātūrus, explicitūrus		explicandus
perfect		explicāvisse, explicuisse		explicātum esse, explicitum esse		—		explicātus, explicitus
future perfect		—		explicātum fore, explicitum fore		—		—
perfect potential		explicātūrum fuisse, explicitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		explicandī	explicandō		explicandum	explicandō	explicātum, explicitum		explicātū, explicitū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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

Corsican: spiegà
Emilian: spieghèr
French: éployer
Italian: spiegare
- → Friulian: spiegâ
- → Sicilian: spiecari, spigari
- → Maltese: spjega
Old Catalan: esplegar
Old Occitan: esplegar
Romansh: 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 (16 July 2016 (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 (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 310

Portuguese

Verb

explico

first-person singular present indicative of explicar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

explico

first-person singular present indicative of explicar