LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

pateō

pateō (present infinitive patēre, perfect active patuī)
Classical[ˈpa.te.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.te.o]
№ 550 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to be open, accessible, attainable
    Quae cum ita sint, Catilīna, perge quō coepistī: ēgredere aliquandō ex urbe; patent portae; proficīscere!Since these things are so, Catiline, continue to where you had begun: depart from the city at last; the gates are open; set out!63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.10
    ‘atque utinam pugnae pateat locus! arma capessant“Yet if only a battlefield would open! May they fight; and, if they are unable to prevail, let them fall.” (The poetic voice of Mars, asking Jupiter to defend Rome against the invading Gauls, is saying in effect, “Give the Romans a chance to fight.”)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.371–372
  2. to be exposed, revealed, disclosed, vulnerable
    Patere tua cōnsilia nōn sentīs; cōnstrictam iam hōrum omnium scientia tenērī coniūrātiōnem tuam nōn vidēs?Can’t you sense that your plans are exposed; don’t you see that your conspiracy is already bound and held by the knowledge of all these men?63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.1
  3. to increase or extend (said of frontiers or land)
    Fīnēs...quī in longitūdinem mīlia passuum CCXL, in latitudinem CLXXX patēbant.Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico, book 1, chapter 2
  4. to be clear, evident

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

apertus sum; iānua patet — intrā!
pateō -ēre patuī — in Mille Verba, Templum Graecum

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.pateōpatēbampatēbōpatuīpatuerampatuerō
2nd sg.patēspatēbāspatēbispatuistīpatuerāspatueris
3rd sg.patetpatēbatpatēbitpatuitpatueratpatuerit
1st pl.patēmuspatēbāmuspatēbimuspatuimuspatuerāmuspatuerimus
2nd pl.patētispatēbātispatēbitispatuistispatuerātispatueritis
3rd pl.patentpatēbantpatēbuntpatuērunt
patuēre		patuerantpatuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.pateampatērempatuerimpatuissem
2nd sg.pateāspatērēspatuerīspatuissēs
3rd sg.pateatpatēretpatueritpatuisset
1st pl.pateāmuspatērēmuspatuerīmuspatuissēmus
2nd pl.pateātispatērētispatuerītispatuissētis
3rd pl.pateantpatērentpatuerintpatuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.patē—
pres. 2nd pl.patēte—
fut. 2nd sg.patētō—
fut. 3rd sg.patētō—
fut. 2nd pl.patētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.patentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepatēre—
perfect infinitivepatuisse—
present participlepatēns
patente, patentem, patentēs, patentī, patentia, patentibus, patentis, patentīs, patentium		—
gerundpatendī, patendō, patendum

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

inde patet, appāret
from this it appears, is apparent.
vocabulum latius patet
the word has a more extended signification.
domus patet, aperta est mihi
I am always welcome at his house.
patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)
a breach.

păteo, ŭi, 2, v. n. root pat. (perh. orig. spat.; cf. spatium); Gr πεταννυμι, πιτνημι, to spread out; πετασμα, curtain; πεταλον, leaf; cf.: patulus, patina; also perh. pando (for pantdo)],
I. to stand open, lie open, be open.
I. Lit.: januae, aedes patent, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 89: facite totae plateae pateant, id. Aul. 3, 1, 2. nares semper propter necessarias utilitates patent, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 145: omnibus haec ad visendum patebant cotidie, id. Verr 2, 4, 3, § 5: cur valvae Concordiae non patent? id. Phil. 2, 44, 112: semitae patuerant, Caes. B. G. 7, 8: ne fugae quidem patebat locus, Liv. 27, 18: patuere fores, Ov. M. 2, 768: (fenestrae) sine injuriā patent, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 16 et saep. —
B. In partic.
1. To lie open, be exposed to any thing: patens vulneri equus, Liv. 31, 39, 12: latus ictui, Tac. H. 5, 11.—
2. To stretch out, extend (cf. porrigor): Helvetiorum fines in longitudinem milia passuum CCXL. patebant, Caes. B. G. 1, 2; 1, 10: schoenus patet stadia XL., Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 53.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to be open, free, allowable, accessible, attainable: si nobis is cursus pateret, Cic. Att. 10, 12, 4: ad quos omnis nobis aditus, qui paene solis patuit, obstructus est, id. Brut. 4, 16: praemia quae pateant stipendiariis, id. Balb. 9, 24: ut intellegant omnia Ciceronis patere Trebiano, id. Fam. 6, 10, 3: alicui, to yield to: lux aeterna mihi ... dabatur, Si mea virginitas Phoebo patuisset amanti, Ov. M. 14, 133; id. A. A. 1, 362; Auct. Priap. 83.—
B. In partic.
1. Of the hearing, etc., to be open, ready to hear: (constare inter omnis video) patere aurīs tuas querelis omnium, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25: si cujus aures ad hanc disputationem patent, id. Fam. 3, 8, 3: meas auris ... omnium praeceptis patuisse. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: tamquam nullo magis tempore ad simplices cogitationes pateat animus, Tac. G. 22, 2: semita Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae, Juv. 10, 364.—
2. To be exposed or subject to any thing, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73: longis morbis senectus, acutis adulescentia magis patet, Cels. 2, 1: qui vanus et excors est patebit contemptui, Vulg. Prov 12, 8.—
3. To extend: in quo vitio latissime patet avaritia, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20: late patet et ad multos pertinet, id. de Or. 1, 55, 235.—
4. To be clear, plain, well known, evident, manifest (cf.: appareo, detegor): operta quae fuere, aperta sunt, patent praestigiae, Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9: cum illa pateant in promptuque sint omnibus, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23: quod in tabulis patebat, id. Phil. 2, 37, 93: in adversariis (hoc nomen) patere contendit, id. Rosc. Com. 2, 5.—With subject-clause: cum pateat aeternum id esse, quod, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54.—Absol.: quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat: a quo? at patet, Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Hence, pă-tens, entis, P. a., open, accessible, unobstructed, passable.
A. Lit.: caelum ex omni parte patens atque apertum, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: campi patentes, Sall. J. 101, 11.—Comp.: in locis patentioribus, Caes. B. G. 7, 28: via patentior, Liv. 7, 36.—
2. Transf., open, wide: dolium quam patentissimi oris, Col. 12, 6.—
B. Trop.
1. Open, exposed: domus patens, et exposita cupiditati et voluptatibus, Cic. Quint. 30, 93: pelagoque volans da vela patenti, Verg. G. 2, 41: urbs patens, unwalled, Vulg. Prov. 25, 28.—
2. Evident, manifest: causa, Ov. M. 9, 536.—* Adv.: pătenter, openly, clearly; in comp.: patentius et expeditius (opp: implicite et abscondite), Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ptnéh₂ti
  3. Proto-Italic*pandō
  4. Proto-Italic*patēō
  5. Latinpateō

Inherited from Proto-Italic *patēō, from *pandō, from Proto-Indo-European *ptnéh₂ti, from *peth₂- + *-né- + *-ti. Cognate with pandō, Oscan patensíns (“they opened”), Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi, “to spread out, to spread wide”) (< *peth₂-néu-) and πίτνημι (pítnēmi, “to spread out”) (< *pt-ne-h₂-), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬀 (paθana, “broad”), Old English fæþm (whence English fathom).

Descendants
  • Catalanpatent
  • Englishpatent
  • Frenchpatent
  • Frenchpatente
  • Italianpatente
  • Portuguesepatente
  • Spanishpatente

Quick answers

What does pateō mean in Latin?
pateō, a verb, means “to be open, accessible, attainable; to be exposed, revealed, disclosed, vulnerable; to increase or extend (said of frontiers or land)”.
What are the principal parts of pateō?
pateō, patēre, patuī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce pateō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpa.te.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpaː.te.o].
Where does pateō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- → Proto-Indo-European *ptnéh₂ti → Proto-Italic *pandō → Proto-Italic *patēō → Latin pateō.