1. păteo — Lewis & Short
păteo, ŭi, 2, v. n. root pat. (perh. orig. spat.; cf. spatium); Gr petannumi, pitnhmi, to spread out; petasma, curtain; petalon, leaf; cf.: patulus, patina; also perh. pando (for pantdo)],
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