[ˈpa.te.oː], [ˈpaː.te.o]
OrigoDerived from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”).
Cognate with pandō, Oscan patensíns (“they opened”), Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi, “to spread out, to spread wide”) (< *peth₂-néu-) and πίτνημι (pítnēmi, “to spread out”) (< *pt-ne-h₂-), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬀 (paθana, “broad”), Old English fæþm (whence English fathom).
- conjugation-2, no-supineto be open, accessible, attainable
“Quae cum ita sint, Catilīna, perge quō coepistī: ēgredere aliquandō ex urbe; patent portae; proficīscere!” — Since these things are so, Catiline, continue to where you had begun: depart from the city at last; the gates are open; set out!
“‘atque utinam pugnae pateat locus! arma capessant” — “Yet if only a battlefield would open! May they fight; and, if they are unable to prevail, let them fall.”
(The poetic voice of Mars, asking Jupiter to defend Rome against the invading Gauls, is sayin
- conjugation-2, no-supineto be exposed, revealed, disclosed, vulnerable
“Patere tua cōnsilia nōn sentīs; cōnstrictam iam hōrum omnium scientia tenērī coniūrātiōnem tuam nōn vidēs?” — Can’t you sense that your plans are exposed; don’t you see that your conspiracy is already bound and held by the knowledge of all these men?
- conjugation-2, no-supineto increase or extend (said of frontiers or land)
“Fīnēs...quī in longitūdinem mīlia passuum CCXL, in latitudinem CLXXX patēbant.”
- conjugation-2, no-supineto be clear, evident
Formaepateō(canonical) · no passive(canonical) · patēre(infinitive, present) · patuī(active, perfect) · pateō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · patēs(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · patet(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · patēmus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · patētis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · patent(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · patēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · patēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · patēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · patēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · patēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · patēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · patēbō(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · patēbis(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · patēbit(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · patēbimus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)
Fons: Vicitionarium