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|lshtext=<b>ex-pĕdĭo</b>: īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic<br /><b>I</b> fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. pes, orig., to [[free]] the feet, i. e. from a [[snare]]; [[hence]], in gen., to [[extricate]], [[disengage]], [[let]] [[loose]], [[set]] [[free]], [[liberate]] [[any]] [[thing]] entangled, [[involved]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: [[extrico]], [[enodo]], [[enucleo]], [[explico]], [[expono]], [[interpretor]], etc.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: videte, in [[quot]] se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se [[umquam]] expediet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, § 106: mortis laqueis [[caput]], Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf. also: vix illigatum te triformi [[Pegasus]] expediet [[Chimaera]], id. ib. 1, 27, 24: flammam [[inter]] et hostes Expedior, [[make]] my [[way]] [[through]], Verg. A. 2, 633: errantem nemori, Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects: [[aditus]] expediunt, [[open]] a [[passage]], Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.: sibi locum, id. B. C. 2, 9, 6: [[iter]] fugae per invias [[rupes]], Liv. 38, 2, 14: agrum saxosum lectione lapidum, Col. 2, 2, 12: [[capillus]] pectine [[quotidie]] expediendus est, disentangled, [[Fronto]] de Eloqu. init.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[fetch]] [[out]], [[bring]] [[forward]], [[procure]], [[make]] [[ready]], [[prepare]] [[any]] [[thing]] [[folded]] up, [[put]] [[away]], etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1: [[vela]], Ov. H. 17, 200: hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161: cererem canistris, Verg. A. 1, 702: convivia mediis tectis (famulae), Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.: [[cibaria]] pastoribus, to [[provide]], Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6: [[merces]] suas ([[institor]]), Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to [[procure]], Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4: [[arma]], to [[hold]] in [[readiness]], Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592: [[tela]] equosque, Liv. 38, 25, 14: [[ferrum]], id. 24, 26, 10: naves, Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.: vineas in [[occulto]], id. B. G 7, 27, 2: copias, Tac. A. 13, 7: se [[celeriter]] ([[Galli]] equites), Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4: se, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf. [[mid]].: exercitum expediri ad [[bellum]] jubet, Tac. H. 2, 99. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to [[send]] [[away]], [[despatch]] ([[poet]].): me ex suis locis [[pulcre]] ornatum expedivit, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: [[saepe]] [[disco]], Saepe [[trans]] finem jaculo [[nobilis]] expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol., for expedire se, to [[arm]] one's [[self]] for [[battle]] ([[only]] in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10: multos [[secum]] expedire jubet, id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[bring]] [[out]], [[extricate]], [[release]], [[free]] from [[any]] [[evil]], [[obstacle]], etc.: impeditum animum, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.: sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā [[impeditus]] [[sit]], [[quoquo]] [[modo]] possit, se expedire, Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24: haererem, [[nisi]] tu me expedisses, id. Pis. 30, 74: ex servitute filium, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.: se ex [[turba]], Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5: se ab omni occupatione, Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2: aliquem omni molestiā, id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so, se aerumnis, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8: se crimine, id. ib. 5, 1, 28: se [[cura]], id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4: civitatem malis obsidionalibus, Amm. 16, 4, 3: [[amor]] Lycisci me [[tenet]], Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae [[manus]]) per acuta belli, [[bring]] or [[help]] [[through]], id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.: per [[quot]] discrimina rerum Expedior? [[escape]], Val. Fl. 1, 217: me [[multa]] impediverunt quae ne [[nunc]] [[quidem]] expedita sunt, Cic. Fam. 14, 19: si [[vita]] nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, [[omnis]] honesta [[ratio]] esset expediendae salutis, of [[obtaining]] [[safety]], id. Mil. 4, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[put]] in [[order]], [[arrange]], [[set]] [[right]]: cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias, Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2: expedire et conficere res, id. Brut. 42, 154: rem frumentariam, Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.: negotia ([[with]] explicare), Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1: nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve, [[settle]], [[pay]], id. Att. 16, 6, 3: [[nomen]], id. ib. 13, 29, 3: Faberianum, id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a [[pun]] [[respecting]] a [[scholar]] [[unable]] to [[pay]] his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum [[difficile]] expedire [[nomen]], Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11: [[quemadmodum]] expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non [[reperio]], [[settle]], [[arrange]], Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.: expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris, id. Rep. 1, 35, 55: consilia sua, Tac. H. 3, 73: [[docte]] hanc fallaciam, [[put]] [[into]] [[operation]], Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[speech]], to [[disclose]], [[unfold]], [[explain]], [[relate]], [[narrate]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo [[atque]] eloquar, [[will]] [[show]], Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19; Pac., Att., Pompon. ib. 15 sq.: agedum, hoc mihi expedi, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27: altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam, Verg. G. 4, 286: pauca [[tibi]] e multis ... expediam dictis, id. A. 3, 379: priusquam hujuscemodi rei [[initium]] [[expedio]], Sall. J. 5, 2: [[nunc]] originem, [[mores]], et quo facinore dominationem [[raptum]] ierit, expediam, Tac. A. 4, 1: me non [[tantum]] praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti, id. ib. 14, 55: ea de caede [[quam]] verissime expediam, id. H. 4, 48: promptius expediam [[quot]], etc., i. e. it [[will]] [[take]] me a shorter [[time]] to [[recount]], Juv. 10, 220.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reflex. of events, to [[develop]], [[run]] [[their]] [[course]], [[proceed]]: amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.: ut res vostrorum omnium [[bene]] expedire voltis, to [[make]] favorable [[progress]], id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; [[but]] Ussing reads me expedire, [[benefit]] me).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps [[out]], furthers, promotes; [[hence]]), it is [[serviceable]], [[profitable]], [[advantageous]], [[useful]], [[expedient]] ([[class]].): [[nequiter]] [[paene]] expedivit prima [[parasitatio]], Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23: non [[igitur]] faciat, dixerit [[quis]], [[quod]] utile [[sit]], [[quod]] expediat? Immo intelligat, [[nihil]] nec expedire nec utile esse, [[quod]] [[sit]] injustum, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.: [[quid]] intersit sua, [[quid]] expediat, id. Agr. 2, 25, 66: ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias, id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.: ut non [[idem]] expediret, incidere [[saepe]], id. Lael. 10, 33: quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis, id. Att. 7, 22, 1: non [[idem]] ipsis expedire et multitudini, Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al.—With an inf. [[clause]] as [[subject]]: expedit bonas esse [[vobis]], Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.: omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam, Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16: cui (reo) damnari expediret, id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.: cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari [[maxime]] expediret, id. Caecin. 6, 16: ubi vinci [[necesse]] est, expedit cedere, Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. [[clause]] as [[subject]] [[after]] ut or ne ([[post]]-[[class]].): expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant, Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.: expedit rei publicae, ne sua re [[quis]] [[male]] utatur, Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2: [[neque]] expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur, Tac. A. 3, 69.—Absol.: tu si ita expedit, velim [[quamprimum]] conscendas, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4: sic [[magis]] expedit, Quint. 4, 2, 67: ut expediat causae, id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., [[unimpeded]], [[unincumbered]], disengaged, [[free]], [[easy]], [[ready]], at [[hand]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons: cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut [[expeditus]] in Galliam proficisci posset, Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. [[without]] [[baggage]], Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.: eo [[circiter]] hominum [[numero]] XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu [[Ariovistus]] misit, Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3: legiones expeditae, id. B. C. 1, 42, 1; so of soldiers [[without]] [[baggage]], id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a [[soldier]] [[lightly]] burdened, a [[swiftly]] marching [[soldier]]: [[latitudo]] (silvae) [[novem]] dierum [[iter]] expedito patet, Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1: [[obviam]] [[fit]] ei [[Clodius]] [[expeditus]] in equo, Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf. Sagana, tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25: expedito nobis homine et parato [[opus]] est, [[ready]], at [[hand]], [[prompt]], Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.: [[expeditus]] ad caedem, id. Agr. 2, 30, 82: ad pronuntiandum, id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.: [[facilis]] et [[expeditus]] ad dicendum, id. Brut. 48 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of inanim. or abstr. things, [[convenient]], at [[hand]]: iis expedito [[loco]] [[actuaria]] navigia relinquit, [[commodious]], Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.: via expeditior ad honores, Cic. Fl. 41, 104: reditum in [[caelum]] patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum, id. Lael. 4, 13: [[pecunia]] expeditissima quae erat, [[tibi]] decreta est, the readiest, the nearest at [[hand]], id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf. rationes, id. ib. 10, 25, 2: [[cena]] ([[with]] parca), Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1: expeditissimum unguentorum, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8: probabili expedito, soluto, [[libero]], nullā re implicato, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105: expedita erat et [[perfacile]] currens [[oratio]], id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.: expedita ac [[profluens]] dicendi [[celeritas]], id. ib. 61, 220: [[inops]] ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae [[disciplina]], id. ib. 76, 263: [[prope]] jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt, achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or [[have]] in [[readiness]] or at [[hand]]: quaedam sunt [[quidem]] in [[animo]], sed [[parum]] prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, [[quum]] dicta sunt, Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.: promptum hoc et in expedito positum, Quint. 10, 7, 24: in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam, [[ready]] for [[action]], Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, [[without]] [[impediment]], [[without]] [[difficulty]], [[readily]], [[promptly]], [[quickly]]: in iis rebus [[celeriter]] expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc., Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.: [[expedite]] explicans [[quod]] proposuerat, id. Brut. 67, 237: fabulatu's, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63: loqui, Suet. Aug. 89.—Comp.: non [[implicite]] et [[abscondite]], sed patentius et expeditius, Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69: navigare, id. Att. 6, 8, 4: [[fit]] [[putatio]], Col. Arb. 11, 1.—Sup.: ex quo te, [[quocumque]] [[opus]] erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas, Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

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