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|lshtext=<b>ē-nōdo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[free]] from knots.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: vitem, [[Cato]], R. R. 33, 1; 44; Col. 5, 6, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.: arcum, i. e. to [[deprive]] of the [[string]], to [[unstring]], App. M. 5, p. 172.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of [[speech]], to [[free]] from [[obscurity]], i. e. to [[make]] [[plain]], to [[explain]], [[elucidate]], [[unfold]], [[declare]] ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]].; syn.: [[expedio]], [[extrico]], [[enucleo]], [[expono]], [[interpretor]], [[explano]], [[explico]]): [[quod]] [[quaero]] abs te enoda, et qui sis explica, Att. ap. Non. 15, 7; cf. Enn. Pac., Turp., and Varr. ib. 11 sq.: nomina, Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62: praecepta, id. Inv. 2, 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 9, 26; Auct. Her. 2, 10 fin.: plerosque juris laqueos, Gell. 13, 10, 1.— Hence, ēnōdātē, adv. (acc. to II.), [[clearly]], [[plainly]]: narrare, Cic. Inv. 1, 21 fin.— Comp.: explicare, id. Fin. 5, 9 fin.—Sup.: expedire, Aug. Conf. 5, 6.
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