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, 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

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

   Conjugation of patefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive)

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, 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)