patesco

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pătesco: (-isco), pătŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n. pateo, to be laid open, to be opened, to open (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).
I Lit.: atria longa patescunt, Verg. A. 2, 483: portus patescit, id. ib. 3, 530: patescens fungus, Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 95. —
   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.—
II 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).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pătēscō,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.

Latin > German (Georges)

patēsco, patuī, ere (Inchoat. v. pateo), geöffnet werden, sich öffnen, I) im allg.: a) eig.: atria longa patescunt, Verg.: gurges, qui patescit, Sen.: modo occurrentibus silvis via coartatur, modo latissimis pratis diffunditur et patescit, Plin. ep.: patescens fungus, Plin. – b) übtr., offenbar werden, sich offenbaren, ans Tageslicht kommen, quorum vitia retractando patescunt, Sen.: Danaûm patescunt insidiae, Verg. (aber Cic. Phil. 14, 15 jetzt quae [Akk.] res patefecit). – II) prägn., sich ausdehnen, sich erstrecken, via interest perangusta, deinde paulo latior patescit campus, Liv.: neque enim poterat patescere acies, Tac.: latius patescente imperio, Liv. – / depon. Nbf. Infin. patesci, Ven. Fort. praef. § 3 Leo.

Latin > English

patesco patescere, patui, - V :: be opened/open/revealed; become clear/known; open; extend, spread