patefecerat
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. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...male dilectum miserae Cydona sorori. [illi perfossum telo patefecerat inguen] . . . 760a huic geminum obliqua traiecit harundine tempus, exilit..."- P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quae : femina : voverat : iphis. postera lux radiis latum patefecerat orbem, cum Venus et Iuno sociosque Hymenaeus ad ignes..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...decretis ex tanta multitudine neque praemio inductus coniurationem patefecerat neque ex castris Catilinae quisquam omnium discesserat: tanta..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...magistratuum munia in se trahens princeps materiam praedandi patefecerat. nec quicquam publicae mercis tam venale fuit quam advocatorum..."