adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
patēns
patēns (genitive patentis, comparative patentior, superlative patentissimus)
Classical[ˈpa.tẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.tens]
Meaning
- one terminationopen, accessible
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
open
patēns -entis — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | patēns | patēns | patēns |
| genitive | patentis | patentis | patentis |
| dative | patentī | patentī | patentī |
| accusative | patentem | patentem | patēns |
| ablative | patentī patente | patentī patente | patentī patente |
| vocative | patēns | patēns | patēns |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | patentēs | patentēs | patentia |
| genitive | patentium | patentium | patentium |
| dative | patentibus | patentibus | patentibus |
| accusative | patentīs patentēs | patentīs patentēs | patentia |
| ablative | patentibus | patentibus | patentibus |
| vocative | patentēs | patentēs | patentia |
pătens, entis, Part. and P. a., from pateo.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
patēns entis, adj. with comp.
P. of pateo, open, accessible, unobstructed, passable : caelum: campi, S.: in locis patentioribus, Cs.: via patentior, L.—As subst n. : ex patenti utrimque coactum in angustias mare, a broad expanse , L.: per patentia ruinis vadere, breaches , L.—Fig., open, exposed : domus: pelago da vela patenti, V.— Evident, manifest : causa, O.
Origins
Present active participle of pateō (“to be open”)
Descendants
- Sardinianpadente
- Catalanpatent
- Italianpatente
- Frenchpatentfrom Old French patent
- Romanianpatentfrom Old French patent
- Englishpatentfrom Old French patent
- Portuguesepatente
- Sardinianpatente
- Spanishpatente