patefeci
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. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ostium quod in angiportu est horti, patefeci fores, eaque eduxi omnem legionem, et maris et feminas. postquam..." - M
In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...superioris noctis consilia ad me perlata esse sentiunt; patefeci in senatu hesterno die; Catilina ipse pertimuit, profugit..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...iter aliud atque Hannibal, nobis opportunius, patefeci. Recepi Galliam, Pyrenaeum, Lacetaniam, Indigetis et primum impetum Sertori victoris novis..."