explicatus

Latin

Alternative forms

• explicitus

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of explicō (“unfold”).

Participle

explicātus (feminine explicāta, neuter explicātum, adverb explicātē); first/second-declension participle

1. unfolded, unfurled, uncoiled, loosened, spread out, having been unfolded
2. deployed, extended, displayed, having been deployed
3. disentangled, solved, settled; regulated, adjusted; having been solved
4. (of speech) developed, set forth, explained, having been developed
5. (by extension) clear, plain, intelligible
6. (by extension) assured, certain
7. (by extension) well-ordered, regular

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	explicātus	explicāta	explicātum		explicātī	explicātae	explicāta
genitive	explicātī	explicātae	explicātī		explicātōrum	explicātārum	explicātōrum
dative	explicātō	explicātae	explicātō		explicātīs
accusative	explicātum	explicātam	explicātum		explicātōs	explicātās	explicāta
ablative	explicātō	explicātā	explicātō		explicātīs
vocative	explicāte	explicāta	explicātum		explicātī	explicātae	explicāta

Noun

explicātus m (genitive explicātūs); fourth declension

1. The act of unfolding, unfurling or stretching apart.
2. (of speech) An explication, explication, exposition

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	explicātus	explicātūs
genitive	explicātūs	explicātuum
dative	explicātuī	explicātibus
accusative	explicātum	explicātūs
ablative	explicātū	explicātibus
vocative	explicātus	explicātūs

References

• “explicatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “explicatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• explicatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.