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|lshtext=<b>ex-pōno</b>: pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ([[ante]]-[[class]].<br /><b>I</b> perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27; sync. expostus, Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to [[put]] or [[set]] [[out]], to [[set]] [[forth]], [[expose]] ([[class]].; [[most]] freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: [[expedio]], [[explano]], [[explico]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa [[Samia]], [[set]] [[out]], Cic. Mur. 36, 75: vasa, id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35: apparatum in porticibus, Suet. Caes. 10; cf.: aliquid in [[publico]], Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21: herbam in [[sole]], Col. 12, 28, 1: aliquem ictu, to [[put]] [[out]], [[turn]] [[out]], Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14: [[cubito]], id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of children, to [[expose]]: puellam ad necem, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3: ad januam matris, Suet. Claud. 27 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Naut. t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[set]] on [[shore]], to [[land]], [[disembark]]: milites ex navibus, Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1; for [[which]]: socios de puppibus, Verg. A. 10, 288: milites in terram, Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2: expositis omnibus copiis, id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9: ibi in terram, id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.: in litora, Liv. 37, 28, 8: aegra mancipia in insulam, Suet. Claud. 25; [[but]] also [[with]] abl.: in [[Africa]], Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.: in [[terra]], Vell. 2, 79, 4: in litore, Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2: in portu, Just. 18, 1, 3: ibi Themistoclem, Nep. Them. 8, 7: ad eum locum milites, Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3: quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset, id. ib. 3, 29 fin.: expositum peregrinis arenis os, Ov. M. 11, 56: quartā vix [[demum]] exponimur horā, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi [[frumentum]]; exposui, [[vendo]] [[meum]], etc., [[have]] unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51: [[merces]], Dig. 14, 2, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[throw]] on the [[ground]], [[throw]] [[down]]: [[paene]] exposivit [[cubito]], Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 34.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> To [[throw]] [[overboard]]: si [[propter]] necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum [[onus]] fuerit, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <usg [[type]]="dom" opt="n">Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to [[offer]] a [[sum]] to one, [[place]] at one's [[disposal]], to be [[ready]] to [[pay]]: de Oppio [[bene]] curasti, [[quod]] ei DCCC. exposuisti, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for [[which]], aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., to [[leave]] [[exposed]] or [[unprotected]], to [[expose]], [[lay]] [[open]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.): ad [[ictus]], Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31: [[ille]] ad omnes [[ictus]] [[expositus]], id. 9, 5, 9: ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur, Tac. H. 3, 5: exercitum hosti, Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67: ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum, Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2: piscibus beluisque, Petr. 115: exposito solibus [[loco]], Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.—Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, [[quia]] expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: totam causam, judices, explicemus [[atque]] [[ante]] oculos expositam consideremus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.: vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere, id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: [[disciplina]] [[puerilis]] [[publice]] exposita, id. Rep. 4, 3: orationem, to [[publish]], id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.: capita exposita nec explicata, id. Brut. 44, 164: erant huic [[studio]] maxima exposita praemia, id. de Or. 1, 4, 15: [[praemium]], to [[set]] [[forth]], [[propose]], id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3: [[factum]] expositum ad imitandum, id. Phil. 2, 44, 114: exposita ad [[exemplum]] nostra re publica, id. Rep. 1, 46: opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito, Suet. Caes. 49: expositum ad invidiam [[nomen]], Tac. H. 2, 53: [[nomen]] Dei, to [[prostitute]], dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., of [[speech]], to [[set]] [[forth]], [[exhibit]], [[relate]], [[explain]], [[expound]]; constr. [[with]] acc. and inf., or a rel. [[clause]] as [[object]], or [[with]] de: coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime [[Gallus]] exponere, Cic. Rep. 1, 14: [[talis]] [[coetus]], qualem exposui, id. ib. 1, 26: quae [[adhuc]] exposui, id. ib. 2, 23: obscura [[dilucide]], id. Fin. 4, 1, 1: rem pluribus verbis, id. ib. 3, 4, 15: rem [[breviter]], id. Cat. 3, 1, 3: mandata in senatu, id. de Or. 2, 12, 49: narrationem, id. Or. 62, 210: sententias ejus disputationis hoc [[libro]], id. Lael. 1, 3: artes rhetoricas, id. de Or. 3, 20, 75: disputationem alicui, id. Rep. 1, 8: sermonem de [[amicitia]] alicui, id. Lael. 1, 3: [[eadem]] multitudini, Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4: expone [[igitur]] [[primum]] animos remanere [[post]] mortem, tum docebis, etc., [[explain]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26: [[apud]] eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, [[quid]] in magistratu gesserint, id. Leg. 3, 20, 47: ex [[memoria]] alicui [[quid]] [[senatus]] censuerit, id. Cat. 3, 6, 13: ab [[initio]], res [[quemadmodum]] [[gesta]] [[sit]], id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.: hoc de quo [[modo]] exposuit [[Antonius]], id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10: expone [[nunc]] de reprehendendo, id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.: [[Caesar]] contione advocata ... exposito, [[quid]] [[iniquitas]] loci posset, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so, exposito [[quod]] nuntiatum erat, Curt. 4, 13: [[quasi]] [[gesta]] [[bello]] expositurus, Tac. A. 15, 72: summum [[bonum]] exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, [[expositio]], ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., qs. [[publicly]] [[set]] [[out]]; [[hence]], [[open]], [[free]], [[accessible]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[limen]], Stat. S. 1, 2, 24: [[census]], [[open]] to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152: [[numen]] ([[with]] nulli negatum), Luc. 5, 103; cf.: ([[homo]]) [[obvius]] et [[expositus]], Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta, ōrum, n., the [[open]] parts, those [[exposed]] to [[view]]: frontem ejus [[tantum]] [[novi]] et exposita, quae ostendit [[etiam]] transeuntibus, Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accessible, [[affable]]: [[mores]], Stat. S. 5, 3, 246.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of authors, [[intelligible]], [[lucid]]: optimos [[quidem]], sed [[tamen]] eorum candidissimum quemque et [[maxime]] expositum velim, Quint. 2, 5, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[common]], [[vulgar]]: qui [[nihil]] expositum soleat deducere, etc., Juv. 7, 54.—Adv.: expŏ-sĭte, [[plainly]], [[clearly]]: non [[exposite]] et aperte ostendere, sed reconditā significatione, Gell. 3, 2, 14.