Patulcius

From pateō (“I am open”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈtʊɫ.ki.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈt̪ul̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.us]

Patulcius m sg (genitive Patulciī or Patulcī); second declension

1. an epithet of Janus, because in time of war his temple stood open
2. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Quīntus Patulcius, a person mentioned by Cicero

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• Patulciānus

• “Patulcius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Patulcius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.