I.standing open, open (syn. patens).
I. Lit.: “locus patulus,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 161 Müll.: “pina duabus grandibus patula conchis, etc.,” Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123; id. Fin. 3, 19, 63: “patulae aures,” Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70: “nares,” Verg. G. 1, 376: “cavo aut patulo maxime ore,” Quint. 9, 4, 33: “fenestrae,” Ov. M. 14, 752: “latitudo,” Tac. A. 15, 40.—
B. Transf., spread out, spreading, extended, broad, wide: “mundus,” Lucr. 6, 108: “rami,” Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28: “quadra,” Verg. A. 7, 115: “fagus,” id. E. 1, 1: “patulis captavit naribus auras,” id. G. 1, 376: “pectines,” Hor. S. 2, 4, 34: “lacus,” Ov. M. 2, 379: “plaustra,” Verg. G. 3, 362: “canistra,” Ov. M. 8, 676: “patulae in latitudinem naves,” Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 68: “loca urbis,” Tac. A. 15, 40: “aves alis patulae,” Gell. 6, 6, 12: “arca,” Juv. 14, 74: “patulos boves,” broadhorned, Fest. p. 221 Müll.—*
II. Trop., open to all, i. e. common: “patulus orbis,” the beaten round, Hor. A. P. 132.
