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păteo , ŭi, 2, v. n. root pat. (perh. orig. spat.; cf. spatium); Gr πεταννυμι, πιτνημι, to spread out; πετασμα, curtain; πεταλον, leaf; cf.: patulus, patina; also perh. pando (for pantdo)],
I.to stand open, lie open, be open.
I. Lit.: “januae, aedes patent,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 89: “facite totae plateae pateant,id. Aul. 3, 1, 2. nares semper propter necessarias utilitates patent, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 145: “omnibus haec ad visendum patebant cotidie,id. Verr 2, 4, 3, § 5: “cur valvae Concordiae non patent?id. Phil. 2, 44, 112: “semitae patuerant,Caes. B. G. 7, 8: “ne fugae quidem patebat locus,Liv. 27, 18: “patuere fores,Ov. M. 2, 768: (fenestrae) sine injuriā patent, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 16 et saep. —
B. In partic.
1. To lie open, be exposed to any thing: “patens vulneri equus,Liv. 31, 39, 12: “latus ictui,Tac. H. 5, 11.—
2. To stretch out, extend (cf. porrigor): “Helvetiorum fines in longitudinem milia passuum CCXL. patebant,Caes. B. G. 1, 2; 1, 10: “schoenus patet stadia XL.,Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 53.—
II. Trop.
B. In partic.
2. To be exposed or subject to any thing, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73: “longis morbis senectus, acutis adulescentia magis patet,Cels. 2, 1: “qui vanus et excors est patebit contemptui,Vulg. Prov 12, 8.—
4. To be clear, plain, well known, evident, manifest (cf.: “appareo, detegor): operta quae fuere, aperta sunt, patent praestigiae,Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9: “cum illa pateant in promptuque sint omnibus, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23: “quod in tabulis patebat,id. Phil. 2, 37, 93: “in adversariis (hoc nomen) patere contendit,id. Rosc. Com. 2, 5.—With subject-clause: “cum pateat aeternum id esse, quod, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54.—Absol.: “quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat: a quo? at patet,Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Hence, -tens , entis, P. a., open, accessible, unobstructed, passable.
2. Transf., open, wide: “dolium quam patentissimi oris,Col. 12, 6.—
B. Trop.
1. Open, exposed: “domus patens, et exposita cupiditati et voluptatibus,Cic. Quint. 30, 93: “pelagoque volans da vela patenti,Verg. G. 2, 41: “urbs patens,unwalled, Vulg. Prov. 25, 28.—
2. Evident, manifest: “causa,Ov. M. 9, 536.—* Adv.: pătenter , openly, clearly; in comp.: “patentius et expeditius (opp: implicite et abscondite),Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69
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