verb transitive

ex-trīco

2nd PP ex-trīcāre · 3rd PP ex-trīcāvi · 4th PP ex-trīcātum · conj. 1st

to disentangle; extricate; to clear

dep. form extricor, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 49; v. infra fin.) [tricae], to disentangle, extricate, to clear, free (rare; not in Cic.; syn.: explico, enodo, expedio, enucleo, explano).

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Lit.: extricata densis Cerva plagis, Hor. C. 3, 5, 31: margaritae extricatae, unstrung, loose, Dig. 9, 2, 27 fin.—

by extension •

Transf.: silvestris ager facile extricatur, is cleared, made arable, Col. 3, 11, 3: mercedem aut nummos unde unde extricat, procures with difficulty, hunts up, Hor. S. 1, 3, 88.—

to unravel; clear up figuratively •

Trop.: putas eos non citius tricas Atellanas quam id extricaturos, to unravel, clear up, Varr. ap. Non. 8, 29: de aliquo nihil, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 1: nihil, Phaedr. 4, 22, 4: omne genus daemoniorum, removes, drives out, Vulg. Tobiae, 6, 8.—In dep. form: extricabor aliqua ope, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 49.

Perseus ID: n17397 Key: extrico