ἐξαπλόω

English (LSJ)

   A unfold, roll out, οὐρανὸν ὡς δέρριν ἐξαπλῶσαι Ps.-Luc. Philopatr.17; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα S.E.M.2.7: metaph., πᾶσαν τὴν ἔννοιαν εἰς τὰ πάντα Dam.Pr.1:—Pass., to be unfolded, spread out, ὕπτιος ἐξήπλωτο νεκρὸν δέμας Batr.106; ἀϊδιότης -ωθεῖσα κατὰ τὴν χρονικὴν παράτασιν unrolled successively, Procl.Inst.55.    2 unfold, explain, ἀμφιβόλους λέξεις Ph.1.302:—Pass., Demetr.Eloc.254, S.E. M.7.233.    3 Medic., open out a fistula, Heliod. ap. Orib.44.23.50 (Pass.).