patefacio Latin · revision 6446

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Ennius|origins=la pateō, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pa.tɛˈfa.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pa.teˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''patefaciō''' (present infinitive patefacere, perfect active patefēcī, supine patefactum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[pateō]] “to be open” and [[faciō]] “to make”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ennius and Lucretius scan the second syllable long, ⟨patē-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Ennius, of laying something bare.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to uncover, reveal, lay bare, as in Ennius, in medicine to expose by dissection, and to open gates, doors or containers, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) With ''aurēs'' it meant to lend a hearing, as Cicero's ears opened to flatterers.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to open up a territory, clear a space, and with ''iter'' or ''viam'' to open a road, as in Cicero, and figuratively to provide an opportunity.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In war it meant to deploy troops, and to expose them to attack.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to disclose, reveal, as in Terence, and to bring to light, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) The passive is ''patefīō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to open, lay open, expose.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of laying bare.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of opening doors.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of disclosing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of opening roads and lending an ear.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To uncover, lay bare.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|open]] (gates, doors, containers).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To open up (territory, a road); to provide (an opportunity).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To deploy (troops); to expose.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To disclose, [[m|en|reveal]]; to bring to light.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[patefactiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pateō]]

+ * [[faciō]]

+ * [[aperiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}