patens

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English

Noun

patens

  1. plural of paten

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of pateō (“I am open”)

Pronunciation

Participle

patēns (genitive patentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. being opening; open
  2. being accessible; accessible, passable
  3. being exposed; vulnerable
  4. evident, manifest

Declension

Third-declension participle.

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
patentīs 		patentia
Ablative patente
patentī1 		patentibus
Vocative patēns patentēs patentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

patēns (genitive patentis, comparative patentior, superlative patentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. open, accessible

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • patens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a breach: patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)
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