patens

English

Noun

patens

1. plural of paten

Anagrams

• Pentas, Stepan, pentas, septan

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tens/, [ˈpät̪ẽːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tens/, [ˈpäːt̪ens]

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[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a breach: patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)