Meaning of pateo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to be open, accessible, attainable
   conjugation-2, no-supine
2. to be exposed, revealed, disclosed, vulnerable
   conjugation-2, no-supine
3. to increase or extend (said of frontiers or land)
   conjugation-2, no-supine
4. to be clear, evident
   conjugation-2, no-supine

Examples

“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!

“‘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.”)

“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?

“Fīnēs...quī in longitūdinem mīlia passuum CCXL, in latitudinem CLXXX patēbant.”

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