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
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..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uictor Carteiam reuectus. auditis quae acta Gadibus erant—patefactam proditionem coniuratosque missos Carthaginem, spem ad inritum redactam..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...postquam in castra nuntius pervenit Romae coniurationem patefactam, de Lentulo et Cethego ceterisque, quos supra memoravi, supplicium sumptum..."
