verb transitive

ē-nōdo

2nd PP ē-nōdāre · 3rd PP ē-nōdāvi · 4th PP ē-nōdātum · conj. 1st

to free from knots

to free from knots.

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Lit.: vitem, Cato, R. R. 33, 1; 44; Col. 5, 6, 14.—

by extension •

Transf.: arcum, i. e. to deprive of the string, to unstring, App. M. 5, p. 172.—

to free from obscurity; to make plain; to explain figuratively ••

Trop., of speech, to free from obscurity, i. e. to make plain, to explain, elucidate, unfold, declare (mostly ante-class.; syn.: expedio, extrico, enucleo, expono, interpretor, explano, explico): quod quaero abs te enoda, et qui sis explica, Att. ap. Non. 15, 7; cf. Enn. Pac., Turp., and Varr. ib. 11 sq.: nomina, Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62: praecepta, id. Inv. 2, 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 9, 26; Auct. Her. 2, 10 fin.: plerosque juris laqueos, Gell. 13, 10, 1.— Hence, ēnōdātē, adv. (acc. to II.), clearly, plainly: narrare, Cic. Inv. 1, 21 fin.— Comp.: explicare, id. Fin. 5, 9 fin.—Sup.: expedire, Aug. Conf. 5, 6.

Perseus ID: n15821 Key: enodo