expedio

Latin > English

expedio expedire, expedivi, expeditus V :: disengage, loose, set free; be expedient; procure, obtain, make ready

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ex-pĕdĭo: īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic
I 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.).
I 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.—
   B Transf.
   1    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. —
   2    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.—
   3    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.
II 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.—
   B Transf.
   1    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.—
   2    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.—
   3    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).—
   4    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.
   A 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.—
   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. —
   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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

expĕdiō,⁸ īvī ou ĭī, ītum, īre (cf. pedica, compes), tr., débarrasser le pied, le dégager des entraves,
1 dégager, débarrasser : se de, ex aliqua re Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28 ; 2, 102, se débarrasser de qqch. ; ex servitute Pl. Capt. 454, dégager de la servitude ; se ab omni occupatione Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2, se débarrasser de toute occupation ; aliquem omni molestia Cic. Att. 2, 25, 2, délivrer qqn de tout ennui, cf. Ter. Hec. 288 ; 755 ; Phorm. 823 ; aliquem expedire Cic. Pis. 74, tirer qqn d’embarras ; quæ ne nunc quidem expedita sunt Cic. Fam. 14, 19, (obstacles) qui ne sont même pas encore levés
2 dégager, apprêter, préparer : virgas expediri jubet Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 161, il ordonne qu’on prépare les verges (qu’on les dégage du faisceau); naves Cæs. C. 2, 4, 5, préparer les vaisseaux ; arma Cæs. G. 7, 18, 4, préparer les armes, se préparer au combat ; se expedire Cæs. C. 1, 51, 4, se préparer [au combat]; abs^t] expedire, faire les préparatifs nécessaires : Tac. H. 2, 99 || ménager : ratio expediendæ salutis Cic. Mil. 10, moyens de ménager le salut, de pourvoir à sa sûreté || exécuter vivement qqch., expédier : musti annonam Col. Rust. 3, 21, procéder rapidement à la vente du vin doux
3 débrouiller, arranger, mettre en ordre : rem Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2, arranger une affaire, cf. Br. 154 ; rem frumentariam Cæs. G. 7, 36, 1, assurer les approvisionnements de blé ; exitum orationis Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2, trouver la fin d’un discours ; sua consilia Tac. H. 3, 73, mettre au clair ses décisions, trouver des décisions par soi-même ; nemo privatim expedito consilio Tac. H. 2, 52, personne n’ayant personnellement une résolution ferme (nette)
4 expliquer, exposer, raconter : Pl. Men. 639 ; Ter. Eun. 694 ; Virg. G. 4, 286 ; Sall. J. 5, 3 ; Tac. Ann. 4, 1 ; H. 4, 48
5 [arch.] se expedire Pl. Trin. 236, se développer, avoir son cours ; abs^t] expedire, même sens : Pl. Amph. 5
6 [int.] être avantageux, à propos : cum aliis aliud expediat Cic. Rep. 1, 49, les hommes ayant des intérêts différents, cf. Cic. Off. 3, 76 ; Læl. 33 ; Att. 7, 22, 1 ; Nep. Milt. 3, 5, etc. || impers. expedit : omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam Cic. Phil. 13, 16, tous les gens de bien ont intérêt au salut de l’état ; expedit avec ut subj., il est utile que : Tac. Ann. 3, 69. fut. arch. expedibo Pl. Truc. 138 ; inf. pass. expedirier Pl. Pœn. 1007.

Latin > German (Georges)

ex-pedio, īvī u. iī, ītum, īre (vgl. pedica, compēs, griech. πέδη), den Fuß (aus der Fessel) losmachen, entfesseln, befreien, I) loswickeln, losbinden, lösen, 1) eig.: restim, Apul. met. 1, 16. – im Bilde, nodum, lösen, Cic.: alqm illigatum, Hor.: se ex laqueis, Cic.: caput laqueis mortis, Hor. – 2) übtr., etwas loswickeln od. aus etwas herauswickeln, herauswinden, losmachen, durchhelfen, durchbringen, a) im allg.: se ab omni occupatione, Cic.: se ex turba, Ter.: se crimine, Ter.: aegrotum, Cels.: gravem tardumque spiritum, heilen, heben, Cels.: salutem, Cic. – poet., Claudias manus per acuta belli, glücklich hindurchführen, Hor.; vgl. descendo ac ducente deo flammam inter et hostes expedior (entkomme), Verg.: u. so per quot discrimina rerum expedior? Val. Flacc. – Lebl., discum, iaculum trans finem, leicht entsenden, -schleudern, Hor. – b) insbes.: α) zustande bringen, herrichten, verfertigen, minutatim ex tabellis compactā crassitudine Mercuriolum, Apul. apol. 61 extr. – β) entwickeln, erledigen = abfertigen, beseitigen, in Richtigkeit bringen, zustande bringen, ausführen, negotia, Cic.: rem frumentariam, die der Verproviantierung im Wege stehenden Schwierigkeiten wegräumen, sie erleichtern, Caes.: commeatus (Plur.), Liv.: nomina mea expedi, exsolve, Cic.: exitum orationis, Cic.: res, Cic.: consilia, ausführen, Tac.: prope iam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt, schon so gut als abgemachten, Caes. – γ) entwickeln, erläutern, darlegen, dartun, ansagen, mitteilen, berichten, auseinandersetzen, id, si potes verbo expedi, Ter.: quin rem expedi! Pacuv. fr.: capita rerum expedito, Plaut.: omnem expediat morbi causam, Verg.: priusquam huiusmodi rei initium expediam, Sall.: nunc initia causasque motus Vitelliani expediam, Tac.: omnia elegantissime expedire, Cic. ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 1 (neben explicare u. exponere). – mit folg. indir. Fragesatz, ut quae sit forma totius expediam, Mela: sed qui utrosque error vos agitet expedibo, Pompon. fr.: cuius (ager), non dico hominis, sed populi fuerit, expedire potes? Sen. – nunc adeo quae sit dubiae sententia menti expediam et paucis docebo, Verg. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., id ego ius atque aecum fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, Enn. fr. scen. 148. – m. de u. Abl., de quibus quae expediero, *Varro LL. 8, 24 M. (die codd. experiero): ea de caede quam verissime expediam, Tac. hist. 4, 48: pauca de isdem expediam carptim, Amm. 14, 4, 2. – absol., mane, expedito, Pacuv. fr.: agedum expedi, Plaut. – II) prägn., A) herausholen, heraus- (hervor-) nehmen, vorbringen, 1) eig.: virgas, Cic.: Cererem canistris, Verg.: foratas palmas, herausstrecken, Sedul.: quis expedivit psittaco suum χαιρε, hat ihm entlockt = ihn gelehrt, Pers. – 2) übtr.: a) zurechtmachen, instand setzen, α) übh.: agrum probe, Col. 2, 4, 6: agrum sationibus faciendis, Col. 2, 2, 21: capillum pectine cotidie, auskämmen, Fronto de eloqu. p. 143, 3 N.: cuminatum (pullum) a cervice, ausnehmen, Apic. 6, 252: sarcinulas, den Ranzen packen, sich reisefertig machen, Petron. 99, 4. – β) als milit. t. t., in Bereitschaft setzen, naves od. classem, segelfertig (seetüchtig) machen, Caes. u. Auct. b. Alex.: exercitum, Liv., legiones, Caes., remigem ac militem, Liv., zum Angriff fertig machen, schlag-, kampffertig machen: se ad oppugnationem urbis, sich anschicken, Liv.: arma, Caes. u. Verg.: arma animosque, sich mit Waffen u. Mut rüsten, Liv.: od. manus, Verg., od. se ad pugnam od. ad proelium, Liv., od. bl. se, Caes., sich zum K. anschicken, sich kampfbereit machen; vgl. refl. exp. ad bellum, zum Kr. (sich) rüsten, Tac.: u. so quoties expedierat, (sich) gerüstet hatte, zu Felde gezogen war, Tac. – b) ausfindig machen, ermitteln, ermöglichen, auftreiben, alci vicarium, Liv.: cibaria pastoribus, Varro: pecunias, Suet.: iter (Ausweg) fugae non exp., Liv.: aliā pressione ad aedificandum sibi locum, Caes. – m. ab u. Abl., von jmd. etw. auswirken, veniam ab alqo compensatione sanguinis sui, Tert. apol. 50. – c) gleichs. vorsuchen = gebrauchen, üben, medio decreto ius auxilii sui, Liv. 3, 13, 6. – B) sese expedire u. bl. expedire, sich entwickeln, den u. den Fortgang haben, so u. so ab laufen (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 236), quem ad modum sese expediant (artes amoris), Plaut.: ut res rationesque vestrorum omnium bene expedire voltis, Plaut.: nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio, Plaut. – C) res expedit od. unpers. expedit, es hilft heraus, d.i. etwas od. es kommt zustatten, ist förderlich, dienlich, zuträglich, ersprießlich, non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini, Nep.: non quominus expediat quicquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem dominationis, Cic. – unpers., si ita expedit, Cic.: sic magis expedit, Quint.: Volsci totiens hostes, quotiens patribus expediat, Liv. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. od. bl. Infin., expedit bonas esse vobis, Ter.: omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam, Cic.: eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expedit, Cic.: ille, qui omnino vivere expedire nemini putat, Cic.: quia aut pacem vere cupiebant, aut expediebat simulare, Liv. – m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., neque expedire, ut ambitione alienā trahatur, Tac. ann. 3, 69: expedire omnibus, ut etc., Iustin. 34, 1, 7: expedit rei publicae, ne quis suā re male utatur, Iustin. inst. 1, 8. § 2. – expedit (es ist förderlicher, zuträglicher), mit folg. Infin. od. mit folg. ut u. Konj. u. im Nachsatze quam, Tert. de pall. 5. Vulg. Matth. 5, 29. – / Archaist. Futur, expedibo, Enn. fr. scen. 148. Pacuv. tr. 66 u. 281. Acc. tr. 490. Plaut. truc. 138. – Parag. Infin. expedirier, Plaut. Poen. 1007.

Latin > Chinese

expedio, is, ivi vel ii, itum, ire. 4. (ex, pes.) :: 解開。放。簡言。備。— nodum 解結。— ferrum 拔刀。— fallaciam 騙成。 — nomina 還淸各帳。— alimenta arcu 以獵備日需。 — salutem 保命。— arma 備兵器。Expedibo pro Expediam.