Patulcius

Latin

Etymology

From pateō (“I am open”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈtul.ki.us/, [päˈt̪ʊɫ̪kiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈtul.t͡ʃi.us/, [päˈt̪ul̠ʲt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Patulcius m sg (genitive Patulciī or Patulcī); second declension

1. an epithet of Janus, because in time of war his temple stood open
2. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Quīntus Patulcius, a person mentioned by Cicero

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Patulcius
genitive	Patulciī Patulcī1
dative	Patulciō
accusative	Patulcium
ablative	Patulciō
vocative	Patulcī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Patulciānus

References

• “Patulcius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Patulcius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.