patefacit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →patefacio, patefacere, patefeci, patefactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reveal/uncover/disclose/expose; bring to light; make known/visible; dissect;; open (up); (gates); clear, make available; deploy (troops); expose (to attack);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...genitoris cape, saepe efferendus; interim haec ignes ferant. Patefacite acerbam caede funesta domum; Mopsopia claris tota lamentis sonet..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...pace et communibus rebus multis disseruit. Denique regi patefacit, quod polliceatur, senatum et populum Romanum, quoniam armis amplius..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Martis ac monumenta Agrippae, hortos quin etiam suos patefacit et subitaria aedificia exstruxit, quae multitudinem inopem acciperent; subvectaque..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...parens noster, auctoritate, consilio, fide reclusit vias, portus patefacit, itinera terris, litoribus mare, litora mari reddidit, diversasque gentes..."