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patens
patens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of pateō (“I am open”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.tens/, [ˈpa.tẽːs]
Participle
patēns m, f, n (genitive patentis); third declension
- being opening; open
- being accessible; accessible, passable
- being exposed; vulnerable
- evident, manifest
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | patēns | patentēs | patentia | ||
| genitive | patentis | patentium | |||
| dative | patentī | patentibus | |||
| accusative | patentem | patēns | patentēs | patentia | |
| ablative | patente, patentī1 | patentibus | |||
| vocative | patēns | patentēs | patentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Adjective
patens m, f, n (genitive patentis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | patēns | patentēs | patentia | ||
| genitive | patentis | patentium | |||
| dative | patentī | patentibus | |||
| accusative | patentem | patēns | patentēs | patentia | |
| ablative | patentī | patentibus | |||
| vocative | patēns | patentēs | patentia | ||
References
- patens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- patens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PATENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “patens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a breach: patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)
- a breach: patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)