patesco

Latin

Etymology

From pateō +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

patescō (present infinitive patescere, perfect active patuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be opening, being revealed, being disclosed
  2. to be exposed to
    Synonym: pateo
  3. to become known
  4. to extend or stretch out

Usage notes

Like most inchoative verbs, patescō is intransitive and tends to imply a change of state or ongoing action. When the state of being open has been achieved, the verb pateō is used, though the distinction is less apparent in the figurative senses. The verbs patefaciō and aperiō are common corresponding transitive verbs which mean "to open (something)".

Conjugation

  • Note: perfect forms are shared with pateō.
   Conjugation of patescō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present patescō patescis patescit patescimus patescitis patescunt
imperfect patescēbam patescēbās patescēbat patescēbāmus patescēbātis patescēbant
future patescam patescēs patescet patescēmus patescētis patescent
perfect patuī patuistī patuit patuimus patuistis patuērunt,
patuēre
pluperfect patueram patuerās patuerat patuerāmus patuerātis patuerant
future perfect patuerō patueris patuerit patuerimus patueritis patuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present patescam patescās patescat patescāmus patescātis patescant
imperfect patescerem patescerēs patesceret patescerēmus patescerētis patescerent
perfect patuerim patuerīs patuerit patuerīmus patuerītis patuerint
pluperfect patuissem patuissēs patuisset patuissēmus patuissētis patuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — patesce — — patescite —
future — patescitō patescitō — patescitōte patescuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present patescere — patescēns —
perfect patuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
patescendī patescendō patescendum patescendō — —

References

  • “patesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “patesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patesco in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • patesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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