enodo
Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ē-nōdo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to free from knots.
I Lit.: vitem, Cato, R. R. 33, 1; 44; Col. 5, 6, 14.—
B Transf.: arcum, i. e. to deprive of the string, to unstring, App. M. 5, p. 172.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēnōdō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., enlever les nœuds : Cato Agr. 33, 1 ; Col. Rust. 5, 6, 14 || dénouer, détendre : Apul. M. 5, 30 || [fig.] rendre clair, élucider, expliquer : Cic. Inv. 2, 6 ; nomina enodare Cic. Nat. 3, 62, expliquer l’étymologie des mots.
