ἀναπτύσσω
I. "to unfold" the rolls on which books were written; and so, "to unrol, open for reading", ἀν. βιβλίον Hdt.:— "to undo, open", πύλας Eur.; ἀναπτύξας χέρας with arms "outspread", id=Eur.
2. "to unfold, disclose, reveal", Lat. explicare, Trag.
II. as military term, τὴν φάλαγγα ἀναπτ. "to fold back" the phalanx, i. e. deepen it by wheeling men from both flanks to rear, French "replier", Xen.; but conversely, τὸ κέρας ἀναπτ. "to open out" the wing, i. e. "extend" the line by wheeling men from rear to front, French "deployer", id=Xen.