patens

English

Noun

patens

1. plural of paten

Anagrams

• Pentas

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tens/, [ˈpa.tẽːs]

Participle

patēns m, f, n (genitive patentis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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	patente, patentī1			patentibus
vocative	patēns			patentēs	patentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

patens (genitive patentis); third declension

1. open, accessible

Inflection

Third declension.

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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “patens”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “patens” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a breach: patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)