patefactam
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);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →patefio, pateferi, patefactus sum:
Verb · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be made known/opened/revealed/uncovered/disclosed/exposed; (patefacio PASS);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- M
In Catilinam IV
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...virtute atque diligentia perditorum hominum coniurationem patefactam esse decrevistis, deinde quod P. Lentulum se abdicare praetura coegistis..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uictor Carteiam reuectus. auditis quae acta Gadibus erant—patefactam proditionem coniuratosque missos Carthaginem, spem ad inritum redactam..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...postquam in castra nuntius pervenit Romae coniurationem patefactam, de Lentulo et Cethego ceterisque, quos supra memoravi, supplicium sumptum..."
