patesco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈteːs.koː/, [päˈt̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈtes.ko/, [päˈt̪ɛsko]

Verb

patēscō (present infinitive patēscere, perfect active patuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be opening, being revealed, being disclosed
2. to be exposed to

   Synonym: pateo

3. to become known
4. to extend or stretch out

Usage notes

Like most inchoative verbs, patēscō is intransitive and tends to imply a change of state or ongoing action. When the state of being open has been achieved, the verb patēo is used, though the distinction is less apparent in the figurative senses. The verbs patefaciō and aperiō are common corresponding transitive verbs which mean "to open [something]".

Conjugation

• Note: perfect forms are shared with pateō.

   Conjugation of patēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	patēscō	patēscis	patēscit	patēscimus	patēscitis	patēscunt
	imperfect	patēscēbam	patēscēbās	patēscēbat	patēscēbāmus	patēscēbātis	patēscēbant
	future	patēscam	patēscēs	patēscet	patēscēmus	patēscētis	patēscent
	perfect	patuī	patuistī	patuit	patuimus	patuistis	patuērunt, patuēre
	pluperfect	patueram	patuerās	patuerat	patuerāmus	patuerātis	patuerant
	future perfect	patuerō	patueris	patuerit	patuerimus	patueritis	patuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	patēscam	patēscās	patēscat	patēscāmus	patēscātis	patēscant
	imperfect	patēscerem	patēscerēs	patēsceret	patēscerēmus	patēscerētis	patēscerent
	perfect	patuerim	patuerīs	patuerit	patuerīmus	patuerītis	patuerint
	pluperfect	patuissem	patuissēs	patuisset	patuissēmus	patuissētis	patuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	patēsce	—	—	patēscite	—
	future	—	patēscitō	patēscitō	—	patēscitōte	patēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		patēscere	patuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		patēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		patēscendī	patēscendō	patēscendum	patēscendō	—	—

References

• “patesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “patesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patesco in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• patesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.