pateō, patēre, patuī

Definitions for patēre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to be open, lie open, be accessible, be evident
English derivatives:
patent pātent patency

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
(of doors, gates, etc.) To be open. (b) (of the eyes, ears, etc.; also, of flowers). (c) (of wounds) to gape.
2
(of a building, container, etc.) To be open. (b) (of a house, enclosure, etc.) to offer free access, be open (to). (c) (of other things) to be accessible.
3
(of a road, space, etc.) To offer unimpeded passage, be open.
4
To be exposed (to danger, etc.). (b) to be amenable.
5
(of abst. things) To be open or available (to).

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Sentences with patēre

Latin to English

Ibi terra est aequior et plūs patet.Compare There the land is more level and is more open.

Quaque patet domitis Romana potentia terris, ore legar populi, perque omnia saecula fama, siquid habent veri vatum praesagia, vivam.Compare Wherever Rome's power extend overs the conquered world, I shall have mention on men's lips, and if the prophecies of bards have any truth, through all the ages shall I live in fame.

Facilis descensus Averno: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua ditis; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est.Compare The way to Avernus is easy; night and day lie open the gates of death's dark kingdom; but to retrace your steps, to find the way back to daylight- that is the task, the hard thing.

Vos dormio, nec adhuc ego videor intelligo, quam ego pateo, et quam sum imbecillus.Compare You are asleep, and do no even appear to me to understand how open we are to attack, and how weak we are.

Conjugation table for patēre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
pateō patēs patet patēmus patētis patent	patēbam patēbās patēbat patēbāmus patēbātis patēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
patuī patuistī patuit patuimus patuistis patuērunt / patuēre	patueram patuerās patuerat patuerāmus patuerātis patuerant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
patēbō patēbis patēbit patēbimus patēbitis patēbunt	patuerō patueris patuerit patuerimus patueritis patuerint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
pateam pateās pateat pateāmus pateātis pateant	patērem patērēs patēret patērēmus patērētis patērent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
patuerim patueris patuerit patuerimus patueritis patuerint	patuissem patuissēs patuisset patuissēmus patuissētis patuissent
Infinitive present patēre Infinitive perfect patuisse Infinitive future -	Imperative present patē patēte Imperative future patētō patētō patētōte patentō

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
	patēns	patentēs
	patēns	patentēs
	patēns	patentēs
	patēns	patentēs
	patēns	patentēs
	Participle future active
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	Participle perfect passive
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	Gerundive
	patendus	patendī
	patendus	patendī
	patendus	patendī
	patendus	patendī
	patendus	patendī
	Gerund	Supine
	patēre	-
	patēre	-
	patēre
	patēre
	patēre

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	patēns	patentēs
Gen.	patentis	patentium
Dat.	patentī	patentibus
Acc.	patentem	patentēs
Abl.	patente	patentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	-	-
Gen.	-	-
Dat.	-	-
Acc.	-	-
Abl.	-	-
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	-	-
Gen.	-	-
Dat.	-	-
Acc.	-	-
Abl.	-	-
	Gerundive
Nom.	patendus	patendī
Gen.	patendī	patendōrum
Dat.	patendō	patendīs
Acc.	patendum	patendōs
Abl.	patendō	patendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	patēre	-
Gen.	patendī	-
Dat.	patendō
Acc.	patendum
Abl.	patendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 223.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1307.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "pateō, patēre, patuī (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 19, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/pateo-patere-patui.