patefacio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.teˈfa.ki.oː/, [pät̪ɛˈfäkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.teˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [pät̪eˈfäːt͡ʃio]

Verb

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

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, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		patefacere	patefēcisse	patefactūrum esse	patefierī	patefactum esse	patefactum īrī
participles		patefaciēns	—	patefactūrus	—	patefactus	patefaciendus, patefaciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		patefaciendī	patefaciendō	patefaciendum	patefaciendō	patefactum	patefactū

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, 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)