What does patulus mean in Latin?

patulus, a adjective, means “open, wide open, gaping; spread out, extended; common (open to all)”.

How do you pronounce patulus?

In classical Latin, [ˈpa.tʊ.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpaː.tu.lus].

lātē apertus

patulus -a -um — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 11

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	patulus	patula	patulum
genitive	patulī	patulae	patulī
dative	patulō	patulae	patulō
accusative	patulum	patulam	patulum
ablative	patulō	patulā	patulō
vocative	patule	patula	patulum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	patulī	patulae	patula
genitive	patulōrum	patulārum	patulōrum
dative	patulīs	patulīs	patulīs
accusative	patulōs	patulās	patula
ablative	patulīs	patulīs	patulīs
vocative	patulī	patulae	patula

pătŭlus, a, um, adj. pateo,

I. standing open, open (syn. patens).

I. Lit.: locus patulus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 161 Müll.: pina duabus grandibus patula conchis, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123; id. Fin. 3, 19, 63: patulae aures, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70: nares, Verg. G. 1, 376: cavo aut patulo maxime ore, Quint. 9, 4, 33: fenestrae, Ov. M. 14, 752: latitudo, Tac. A. 15, 40.—

B. Transf., spread out, spreading, extended, broad, wide: mundus, Lucr. 6, 108: rami, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28: quadra, Verg. A. 7, 115: fagus, id. E. 1, 1: patulis captavit naribus auras, id. G. 1, 376: pectines, Hor. S. 2, 4, 34: lacus, Ov. M. 2, 379: plaustra, Verg. G. 3, 362: canistra, Ov. M. 8, 676: patulae in latitudinem naves, Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 68: loca urbis, Tac. A. 15, 40: aves alis patulae, Gell. 6, 6, 12: arca, Juv. 14, 74: patulos boves, broadhorned, Fest. p. 221 Müll.—*

II. Trop., open to all, i. e. common: patulus orbis, the beaten round, Hor. A. P. 132.

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin patulus From pateō (“to be open”) + -ulus.

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