expose Copy link Outline I. To place out, in the way of1. expōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to put out; esp. of infants)2. objĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to put in the way of3. offĕro, obtŭli, lātum, 3, irr. (like objicio)4. obdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (like preced.5. subjĭcio, 3II. Specially, for saleIII. To show up ignominiouslyIV. To lay bare the body1. nūdo, 12. dēnūdo, 1 • expose: I. To place out, in the way of: 1. expōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to put out; esp. of infants): to e. children, pueros ex., Liv.: to e. vessels (for show), vasa ex.: Cic.: a place e.d to the sun's rays, locus solibus expositus, Petr.: e.d to so many enemies, tot hostibus expositus, Plin. 2. objĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to put in the way of: with acc. and dat.): to e. a person to death, aliquem morti ob., Cic.: to be e.d to the dagger, sicae objici, Cic.: to e. oneself to the weapons of enemies, ob. se telis hostium, Cic.: Caes. Frequent. objecto, 1, to e. again and again, Virg. 3. offĕro, obtŭli, lātum, 3, irr. (like objicio): to e. ourselves to dangers unnecessarily, of. nos periculis sine causa, Cic. 4. obdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (like preced.: rare): Hor. 5. subjĭcio, 3: v. to subject. See also exposed (fin.). II. Specially, for sale: prōpōno, expōno: v. to exhibit. In pass., to be e.d for sale, prostare, Hor. III. To show up ignominiously: Phr.: to e. any one's crimes, scelera alicujus manifesta reddere, proferre, cf. Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 16, 48: to e. a hypocrite, hominem sub persona viventem denudare atque ignominiae objicere, cf. Sen. Tranq. 15, 8. IV. To lay bare the body: 1. nūdo, 1: to e. the body in public, n. inter cives corpora, Enn. in Cic. Fig.: to e. the body to wounds, n. corpora ad vulnera, Liv. 38, 26, med. 2. dēnūdo, 1: v. to strip.