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“develop” in Latin
explicōto unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy; to disentangle, solve, setēvolvōto roll forth or out; unroll, unfold; to reject, evict, remove; to unroll and readexcolōto tend or cultivate (figurative); to improve or perfect; to honourexplānōto flatten or spread out; to explainēnōdōto untangle, unknot; to explain, elucidate, unfoldaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break dētegōto uncover, take off; to reveal, disclose, detect, exposeretegōto uncover, bare; to open, reveal, discloserevēlōto show; to uncover; to reveal or disclosenūdōto strip, bare, nake, make naked; to leave exposed, leave defenseless; to spoil, plunder
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
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Unfold, explicare (unfold, general term, also of leaves, frondes pampinus explicat, Verg.): evolvere (unroll): id quod involutum est, evolvere (Cic.).
To form or perfect gradually, excolere: educare et confirmare (e.g., one’s natural talents, ea, quae sunt orta jam in nobis et procreata). To develop the powers of the mind, animum mentemque excolere: to develop itself, crescere: adolescere (the former only physically; the latter mentally; of a nation, constitution, etc., Cic., Rep., 2, 11, init.). To be developed; Vid: Develop itself, below. To develop the resources of a country, *rempublicam ita moderari, ut opibus firma sit, copiis locuples (after Cic., Att., 8, 11). A country whose resources are developed, respublica or civitas opibus firma, copiis locuples (Cic., Att., 8, 11); respublica adulta, et jam firma atque robusta (Cic.); populus adultus.
To render plain what was perplexed and obscure, explicare: explanare: enodare (to free it, as it were, from knots): aperire (to lay open; cogitationes, consilia, sententiam; fontem sceleris). To develop an idea, animi sui complicatam notionem evolvere; the causes of anything, explicare alicujus rei causas (evolvere causas belli, Enn.): to develop anything in a masterly way, praeclare aliquid ante oculos ponere; diligenter explicare or explanare aliquid; accuratius evolvere aliquid (e.g., totam deliberationem, Cic.): to develop one’s ideas or thoughts with great facility, solutum esse in explicandis sententiis; subtiliter versari de re [☞ for simple explanations, explicare aliquam rem may be used; but for fuller or complete explanations of a subject or question, explicare de re, Krebs]: to develop a subject carefully, accurately, etc., accurate dicere or disputare de re: to develop the nature of things, naturam (omnium rerum) evolvere (Cic.).
To discover and expose, detegere (PROP., and IMPROP.): retegere: revelare. nudare (PROP.): denudare: aperire: patefacere (lay open). To develop a plot, conjurationem patefacere. Developed, nudus, apertus: evolutus integumentis (alicujus rei; figuratively e.g., dissimulationis tuae).
Develop itself, crescere, adolescere (the former only physically; the latter mentally, etc.; also of the constitution of a state; Cic., Rep., 2, 11, init.): patere: planum or manifestum fieri: se aperire (= discover itself; show itself; Nep., Paus., 3, 7): se detegere (to reveal itself): exitum habere, ad exitum venire (have a catastrophe, etc.). The ear (of corn) develops itself, folliculo se exserit spica mollis (Sen., Ep., 124, 11); frux latens, ruptis velamentis, quae folliculos agricolae vocant, adaperitur (Sen., Q.N., 5, 18, 2): his character develops itself, *indoles ejus sese ostendit or clarius conspicitur; mores ejus se detegunt (reveal their nature to a spectator; Quint.): his talents develop themselves more and more, ejus ingenii vires in dies magis elucent.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for develop?
- The usual Latin words for “develop” are explicō, ēvolvō, excolō; also explānō, ēnōdō, aperiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.