pateo

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