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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>pătesco</b>: (-isco), pătŭi, 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. [[inch]]. n. [[pateo]], to be laid [[open]], to be opened, to [[open]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; not in Cic.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: atria longa patescunt, Verg. A. 2, 483: [[portus]] patescit, id. ib. 3, 530: patescens [[fungus]], Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 95. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[stretch]] [[out]], [[extend]]: [[paulo]] latior patescit [[campus]], Liv. 22, 4: [[neque]] poterat patescere [[acies]], Tac. H. 4, 78: civitates, in quas Germania patescit, id. G. 30; id. A. 2, 61 fin.; cf.: latius patescente imperio, Liv. 32, 27.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to be disclosed, to [[become]] [[visible]], [[evident]], [[manifest]]: [[ratio]] patescit, Lucr. 5, 614: [[nunc]] [[primum]] certā notitiā patescente, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 101: tum [[vero]] manifesta [[fides]] Danaumque patescunt Insidiae, Verg. A. 2, 309 ([[but]] the true [[reading]], Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15 B. and K., is quae res patefecit).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>pătēscō</b>,¹² pătuī, ĕre ([[pateo]]), intr., s’ouvrir : Virg. En. 2, 483 ; 3, 530 ; patescens [[boletus]] Plin. 22, 46, bolet qui commence à s’ouvrir || s’étendre, se développer : Liv. 22, 4, 2 ; Tac. H. 4, 78 || [fig.] se dévoiler, se découvrir, se montrer à nu : Lucr. 5, 614 ; Virg. En. 2, 309.
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