patefiere
Dictionary entries
- 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);
pres. act. infin.
Examples
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Scauri et relicuorum, quos pecuniae captae arcessebat, delicta patefierent. Dum haec Romae geruntur, qui in Numidia relicti..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...abnuere se, quin cuncta infelicis domus mala patefierent, suae in primis nuptiae, suum veneficium: id solum diis..."