E / explĭcātus
noun

explĭcātus

gen. explĭcātūs · gender masculine · decl. 4th
an unfolding; stretching apart
an unfolding, stretching apart. *
Lit.: alterno crurum explicatu, Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166.— *
an explication; exposition figuratively
Trop., of speech, an explication, exposition: (natura deorum) quam difficiles explicatus haberet, Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93.