patens

English

Noun

patens

  1. plural of paten

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of pateō (“I am open”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.tens/, [ˈpa.tẽːs]

Participle

patēns m, f, n (genitive patentis); third declension

  1. being opening; open
  2. being accessible; accessible, passable
  3. being exposed; vulnerable
  4. evident, manifest

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative patēns patēns patentēs patentia
Genitive patentis patentis patentium patentium
Dative patentī patentī patentibus patentibus
Accusative patentem patēns patentēs, patentīs patentia
Ablative patente, patentī1 patente, patentī1 patentibus patentibus
Vocative patēns patēns patentēs patentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

patens (genitive patentis); third declension

  1. open, accessible

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative patēns patēns patentēs patentia
Genitive patentis patentis patentium patentium
Dative patentī patentī patentibus patentibus
Accusative patentem patēns patentēs patentia
Ablative patentī patentī patentibus patentibus
Vocative patēns patēns patentēs patentia

References
  • patens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • patens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • patens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a breach: patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)
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