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..."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..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...decretis ex tanta multitudine neque praemio inductus coniurationem patefecerat neque ex castris Catilinae quisquam omnium discesserat: tanta..."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..."