ē-nōdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., 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 , Ap. Met. 5, 30, 19.—
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.