pateo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-. Cognates include Oscan patensíns 'they opened', Classical Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi) 'to spread out, to spread wide' (< *peth₂-néu-) and πίτναμι (pítnami) 'to spread out' (< *pt-ne-h₂-), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬀 (paθana) 'broad', and Old English fæþm (English fathom).

Verb

present active pateō, present infinitive patēre, perfect active patuī. (no passive)

1. I am open.
2. I am accessible, attainable.
3. I am exposed, vulnerable.

Inflection

    Second Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pateō	patēs	patet	patēmus	patētis	patent
	future	patēbō	patēbis	patēbit	patēbimus	patēbitis	patēbunt
	imperfect	patēbam	patēbās	patēbat	patēbāmus	patēbātis	patēbant
	perfect	patuī	patuistī	patuit	patuimus	patuistis	patuērunt
	future perfect	patuerō	patueris	patuerit	patuerimus	patueritis	patuerint
	pluperfect	patueram	patuerās	patuerat	patuerāmus	patuerātis	patuerant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pateam	pateās	pateat	pateāmus	pateātis	pateant
	imperfect	patērem	patērēs	patēret	patērēmus	patērētis	patērent
	perfect	patuerim	patuerīs	patuerit	patuerīmus	patuerītis	patuerint
	pluperfect	patuissem	patuissēs	patuisset	patuissēmus	patuissētis	patuissent
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	patē	patētō	patētō	—	—	—
	plural	patēte	patētōte	patentō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		patēre	patuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		patēns (patentis)	—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• patefaciō

Descendants

• English: patent

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Spanish

Verb

pateo (infinitive patear)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of patear.