- edissero
- ē-dissĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a., to analyze in words, to set forth, unfold, explain, relate, tell (rare but class.):
jam animum advorte ac mihi quae dicam edissere,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 14; cf.:neque necesse est edisseri a nobis quae finis funestae familiae,
Cic. Leg. 2, 22; and:cum agi, non quemadmodum agantur, edisseri oportet,
Liv. 44, 41:Laelius eadem edisseruit (for which, shortly before, exposuit),
id. 27, 7:res gestas,
id. 34, 52:cunctandi utilitates,
Tac. H. 3, 52:viam gerendi belli,
Just. 31, 5, 2: haec vera roganti, * Verg. A. 2, 149: tantum hoc, * Hor. S. 2, 3, 306:somnium,
to interpret, Vulg. Gen. 41, 15:parabolam,
id. Matt. 13, 36.— Absol.:quis (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?
Cic. Brut. 17.—With rel. clause, Vop. Aur. 36.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.