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.
A. In gen., to be open, free, allowable, accessible, attainable: “si nobis is cursus pateret,” Cic. Att. 10, 12, 4: “ad quos omnis nobis aditus, qui paene solis patuit, obstructus est,” id. Brut. 4, 16: “praemia quae pateant stipendiariis,” id. Balb. 9, 24: “ut intellegant omnia Ciceronis patere Trebiano,” id. Fam. 6, 10, 3: alicui, to yield to: “lux aeterna mihi ... dabatur, Si mea virginitas Phoebo patuisset amanti,” Ov. M. 14, 133; id. A. A. 1, 362; Auct. Priap. 83.—
B. In partic.
1. Of the hearing, etc., to be open, ready to hear: “(constare inter omnis video) patere aurīs tuas querelis omnium,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25: “si cujus aures ad hanc disputationem patent,” id. Fam. 3, 8, 3: meas auris ... omnium praeceptis patuisse. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: “tamquam nullo magis tempore ad simplices cogitationes pateat animus,” Tac. G. 22, 2: “semita Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae,” Juv. 10, 364.—
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.—
3. To extend: “in quo vitio latissime patet avaritia,” Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20: “late patet et ad multos pertinet,” id. de Or. 1, 55, 235.—
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, pă-tens , entis, P. a., open, accessible, unobstructed, passable.
A. Lit.: “caelum ex omni parte patens atque apertum,” Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: “campi patentes,” Sall. J. 101, 11.—Comp.: “in locis patentioribus,” Caes. B. G. 7, 28: “via patentior,” Liv. 7, 36.—
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
