patens

English

Noun

patens

1. Plural form of paten

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of pateō (“I am open”)

Participle

patēns m, f, and n (genitive patentis); third declension

1. being opening; open
2. being accessible; accessible, passable
3. being exposed; vulnerable
4. evident, manifest

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	patēns	patēns		patentēs	patentia
genitive	patentis	patentis		patentium	patentium
dative	patentī	patentī		patentibus	patentibus
accusative	patentem	patēns		patentēs	patentia
ablative	patente1	patente1		patentibus	patentibus
vocative	patēns	patēns		patentēs	patentia

¹ But patentī when used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

patens m, f, n, (genitive patentis); third declension

1. open, accessible

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	patens	patens		patentēs	patentia
genitive	patentis	patentis		patentium	patentium
dative	patentī	patentī		patentibus	patentibus
accusative	patentem	patens		patentēs	patentia
ablative	patentī	patentī		patentibus	patentibus
vocative	patens	patens		patentēs	patentia