patulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *ptnéh₂ti

Proto-Italic *pandō

Proto-Italic *patēō

Latin pateō

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin patulus

From pateō (“to be open”) + -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.tʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.tu.lus]

Adjective

patulus (feminine patula, neuter patulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. open, wide open, gaping
2. spread out, extended
3. common (open to all)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	patulus	patula	patulum		patulī	patulae	patula
genitive	patulī	patulae	patulī		patulōrum	patulārum	patulōrum
dative	patulō	patulae	patulō		patulīs
accusative	patulum	patulam	patulum		patulōs	patulās	patula
ablative	patulō	patulā	patulō		patulīs
vocative	patule	patula	patulum		patulī	patulae	patula

Derived terms

• prōpatulus

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: pàdulu, bàdulu
• Italo-Romance:
  • Sicilian: pacchiu
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: patulo

References

• “patulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “patulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “patulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• patulus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016