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ex-plāno , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. *
I. Lit., to flatten or spread out: “suberi cortex in denos pedes undique explanatus,Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34.—
2. To utter distinctly: “et ille juravit, expressit, explanavitque verba, quibus, etc.,Plin. Pan. 64, 3.—Hence, explānātus , a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), plain, distinct (rare): “claritas in voce, in lingua etiam explanata vocum impressio,” i. e. an articulate pronunciation, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19: parum explanatis vocibus sermo praeruptus, Sen. de Ira, 1, 1, 4.—Adv. ex-plānāte , plainly, clearly, distinctly: “scriptum,Gell. 16, 8, 3.—Comp.: “ut definire rem cum explanatius, tum etiam uberius (opp. presse et anguste),Cic. Or. 33, 117.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.69
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.34
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.19
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.27
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.28
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 10.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 16.8.3
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 4
    • Cicero, Orator, 24.80
    • Cicero, Orator, 33.117
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