patefacite
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);
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- L
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..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...pace et communibus rebus multis disseruit. Denique regi patefacit, quod polliceatur, senatum et populum Romanum, quoniam armis amplius..." - P
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..." - G
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..."