To sette foorth: to lay out: to put out of that wherein it is. To cast out: to perish: to sette out to aduenture or hazarde: to expounde, or declare. Exponere in terram copias. Liu. To lande an armie. Exponere exercitum in Africam. Liu. To lande his armie in Affricke. Exponere in sole fœnum vt siccescat. Colum. To lay abroad hay in the sunne to drie. Aduehere frumentum & exponere. Cicer. To bring graine, and set it to shewe to be solde. Exponere vasa. Cic. To set abroade vessell to be seene. Exposita ante oculos causa. Ci. Set before mens eies. Expositum factum ad imitandum. Cice. An acte proposed or set for an example. Exposita malignitati legentium epistola. Plin. iunior. An epistle in daunger to the yll taking of them that shal reade it Exponere. Terent. To set out to hazarde or aduenture. Exposita prouincia ad prædandam. Cicern. A prouince open and in daunger to be robbed. Expositum medentis arbitrio animal. Colum. Lefte to the pleasure of the leach. Exposita domus cupiditati & voluptatibus. Cicer. An house open to couetousnesse and all sensuall lustes. Exposita mors victo. Cic. Death was in a readinesse to him that was onercome. Exponere ad necem. Plautus. To cast out to perishe: or the hazarde of death. Exponere. Cic. To declare: to expounde: to tell plainely. Ab initio res quemadmodÛ gesta sit, vobis exponemus. Cic. Exponam vobis breniter quid hominis sit. Ci. I wil declare briesly to you. Exponere omnia ordine. Liu. To declare in order. Apud eosdem edant & exponant quid in magistratu gesserinr. Cic. Exponere & non explicare. Ci. To propose and not declare. Referre & exponere. Cic. Ex memoria aliquid exponere. Cicer. To declare a thing by heart. Memoriter exponere aliquid. Cic. Idem. Fusius & ornatius res posset exponi. Quint. Planius exponere aliquid. Cic. Plenius se loco suo expositurum esse promittat. Quint. Verbosius exponere. Quint. Artes thetoricas exponere. Cice. To teach rhetorike. Exponere alicuius in se beneficia. Cæser. To shewe & declare. Veram causam verbis exponere. Lucr. Consilium profectionis & reuersionis suæ exponere. Cic. Crimina alterius exponere. Cic. To recite or declare. Errores suos alicui. Ouid. Facinus alicuius. Cic. Formam optimi exponere difficillimum est. Cic. Indignitatem alicuius rei exponere. Cic. Alicuius mandata. Cic. Merita in aliquem. Quint. Narrationem. Cic. Orationem suam. Cic. Præcepta enodata diligenter exponere. Cic. Præmium sceleris. Cic. To propose the rewarde of. Reddere & exponere rationem alicuius rei. Cicero. To yeeld and declare a reason. Rem verbis exponere. Lucre. Rem gestam breuiter exponere. Cic. Sententias cuiusdam disputationis in aliquo libro exponere Cic. Sermonem de aliqua re exponere. Cic. Summam cogitationum suarum breuiter exponere. Cic. Explicare vitam alterius, atque eam in animis iudicum, & in oculis, conspectuque omnium exponere. Cic. To propose and set before their eies that they may see it.

I. Lit.

A. 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.—

B. In partic.

1. 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.—

2. Naut. t. t.

a. 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.—

b. To throw on the ground, throw down: paene exposivit cubito, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 34.—

c. To throw overboard: si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit, Dig. 39, 4, 16, 8.—

3. 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).—

4. 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.

II. Trop.

A. 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.—

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.

A. 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.—

B. Trop.

1. Accessible, affable: mores, Stat. S. 5, 3, 246.—

2. Of authors, intelligible, lucid: optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim, Quint. 2, 5, 19.—

3. 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.