explain Copy link Outline 1. explāno, 1 (to make quite plain)2. explĭco, āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (to unfold, set forth at large)3. expōno, 34. interprĕter, 15. ēnucleo, 1 (lit. to extricate the kernel of a thing6. ēnōdo, 1 (to remove knots, clear of difficulties)7. illustro, 1 (to shed light upon) • explain: 1. explāno, 1 (to make quite plain): to be more easily understood than e.'d, facilius intelligi, quam explanari, Cic.: more fully, to e. an obscure subject, obscuram rem ex. interpretando, Cic. Brut. 41, 152. Join: docere et explanare, Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 82. 2. explĭco, āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (to unfold, set forth at large): to e. any thing very clearly, aliquid apertissime planissimeque ex., Cic.: v. to unfold. 3. expōno, 3: v. to set forth. 4. interprĕter, 1: v. to interpret. 5. ēnucleo, 1 (lit. to extricate the kernel of a thing: to inquire nicely into): Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 23. 6. ēnōdo, 1 (to remove knots, clear of difficulties): to e. names (etymologically), nomina e., Cic.: to e. and set forth carefully, res enodatas diligenter exponere., Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 6. 7. illustro, 1 (to shed light upon): to e. the recondite discoveries of the Greeks in Latin verse, Graiorum obscura reperta il. Latinis versibus, Lucr. (See also explanation.)