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patefacio
patefacio
Latin
Verb
patefaciō (present infinitive patefacere, perfect active patefēcī, supine patefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- I open, throw open
- (figuratively) I disclose, bring to light
Inflection
References
- patefacio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- patefacio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “patefacio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to open a route: viam patefacere, aperire
- to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..: aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)
- to open a route: viam patefacere, aperire