unfold Copy link Outline A. Trans. both in lit. and met. sense1. explĭco, āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 12. pando, di, pansum and passum, 33. expando, 34. ăpĕrio, ui, pertum, 45. ădăpĕrio6. ēvolvo, vi, vŏlūtum, 37. exsĕro, ui, sertum, 38. rĕcludo, si, sum, 39. expĕdio, 410. ēdo, dĭdi, ĭtum, 3B. Intrans.1. dĕhisco, 32. hĭo, 1 • unfold: A. Trans. both in lit. and met. sense: 1. explĭco, āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1: to u. a roll, e. volumen, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101: to u. (explain) an obscure subject, rem latentem explicare definiendo, id. Brut. 41, 152. 2. pando, di, pansum and passum, 3: to u. the subject, rem pandere, Virg. Aen. 3, 179. 3. expando, 3: to u. nature in words, naturam expandere dictis, Lucr. 1, 127: cranes u. their wings, grues expandunt alas, Plin. 10, 38, 54. 4. ăpĕrio, ui, pertum, 4: the tree u.s its flower, florem aperit, Plin. 12, 11, 23: they u.'d their sentiments, quid sentirent aperuerunt, Nep. Eum. 13. 5. ădăpĕrio: to u. seed-vessels, folliculos a., Sen. N. Q. 5, 18, 2. 6. ēvolvo, vi, vŏlūtum, 3: to u. a consultation, deliberationem evolvere, Cic. Att. 9, 10, post med. 7. exsĕro, ui, sertum, 3: when the blade u.s itself from the seed-vessel, quum folliculo se exserit spica, Sen. Ep. 124, 11. 8. rĕcludo, si, sum, 3: to u. treasures, thesauros r., Virg. Aen. 1, 358. 9. expĕdio, 4: to u. a story, famam e., Virg. Georg. 4, 286. 10. ēdo, dĭdi, ĭtum, 3: u. your own name and that of your parents, ede tuum nomen, nomenque parentum, Ov. Met. 3, 580: v. to expand, develop, explain, display, open. B. Intrans.: 1. dĕhisco, 3: Virg. Aen. 6, 52: the rose u.s, rosa dehiscit, Plin. 21, 4, 10. 2. hĭo, 1: a flower u.s, flos hiat, Prop. 4, 2, 45: v. to open, to appear.