patefacio

Latin

Etymology

From pateō (“be open”) + faciō (“make, construct”).

Pronunciation

Verb

patefaciō (present infinitive patefacere, perfect active patefēcī, supine patefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive

  1. to open, throw open
    Synonyms: aperiō, adaperiō
    Antonyms: interclūdō, claudō, inclūdō, arceō, obserō, operiō
  2. (figuratively) to disclose, uncover, reveal, bring to light
    Synonyms: aperiō, adaperiō
    Antonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, obnūbō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of patefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present patefaciō patefacis patefacit patefacimus patefacitis patefaciunt
imperfect patefaciēbam patefaciēbās patefaciēbat patefaciēbāmus patefaciēbātis patefaciēbant
future patefaciam patefaciēs patefaciet patefaciēmus patefaciētis patefacient
perfect patefēcī patefēcistī patefēcit patefēcimus patefēcistis patefēcērunt,
patefēcēre
pluperfect patefēceram patefēcerās patefēcerat patefēcerāmus patefēcerātis patefēcerant
future perfect patefēcerō patefēceris patefēcerit patefēcerimus patefēceritis patefēcerint
passive present patefīō patefīs patefit patefīmus patefītis patefīunt
imperfect patefīēbam patefīēbās patefīēbat patefīēbāmus patefīēbātis patefīēbant
future patefīam patefīēs patefīet patefīēmus patefīētis patefīent
perfect patefactus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect patefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect patefactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present patefaciam patefaciās patefaciat patefaciāmus patefaciātis patefaciant
imperfect patefacerem patefacerēs patefaceret patefacerēmus patefacerētis patefacerent
perfect patefēcerim patefēcerīs patefēcerit patefēcerīmus patefēcerītis patefēcerint
pluperfect patefēcissem patefēcissēs patefēcisset patefēcissēmus patefēcissētis patefēcissent
passive present patefīam patefīās patefīat patefīāmus patefīātis patefīant
imperfect patefierem patefierēs patefieret patefierēmus patefierētis patefierent
perfect patefactus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect patefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — pateface — — patefacite —
future — patefacitō patefacitō — patefacitōte patefaciuntō
passive present — patefī — — patefīte —
future — patefītō patefītō — patefītōte patefīuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present patefacere patefierī patefaciēns —
future patefactūrum esse patefactum īrī patefactūrus patefaciendus,
patefaciundus
perfect patefēcisse patefactum esse — patefactus
future perfect — patefactum fore — —
perfect potential patefactūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
patefaciendī patefaciendō patefaciendum patefaciendō patefactum patefactū

Descendants

  • → English: patefy

References

  • “patefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “patefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to open a route: viam patefacere, aperire
    • to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..: aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)
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