A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

patens,-entis (part.B); compar. patentior,-ius (adj.B); superl. patentissimus,-a,-um (adj.A): patent; “spreading wide open; as petals from the calyx” (Lindley); patent, spreading, outspread, diverging from the axis at almost 90*; spreading at 45* or more, sometimes used to mean spreading 26-45*; (bryology) “of leaves spreading from stem at an angle of 45* or more” (Magill 1990); (fungi) patent, stretching out; spreading (Ainsworth & Bisby); opp. clausus,-a,-um (part. A), from claudo, to shut something that is open, to close; closed;

patent (Eng.adj.): spreading; patentissimus,-a,-um (adj.A): extremely spread out (Jackson).

[> L. pateo,-ui, 2., to stand or lie open, to be open, such as a window; extend, to stretch out, to expand; also to be clear, to be disclosed; to be exposed to anything, such as wounds; to be exposed or subject to anything; to be clear, evident, manifest (Lewis & Short)]; cf. patulus,,-a,-um (adj.A), spreading at 46-90*

- patens vulneri equus, a horse exposed to injury.

- quum luci patens, when exposed to light, open to the light.

- longis morbis senectus, acutis adulescentia magis patet, old age is exposed to to prolonged illnesses, adolescence [i.e. young manhood] to more severe ones.

- pedicellis late patentibus, with the pedicels broadly spreading.

- erectopatens, erect-spreading.

- sursum (adv.) patens, upwardly spreading, flared.

- pileo ad apicem sursum patenti, with the pileus at the apex upwardly spreading (flaring).

- (moss) folia caulina sicca erecto- incumbentia subappressa, madefacta patentia (Mueller), stem leaves, dry erect- somewhat superimposed [i.e. lying upon one another], when wetted spreading.

- (moss) folia caulina sicca incumbentia, madefacta patentia (Mueller), stem leaves when dry incumbent [i.e. lying upon one another], when wetted, spreading.

patet: third person sigular present, active, indicative: [he,she] it opens, spreads, is disclosed, appears.

- omnino patet, it completely reveales, demonstrates.

- Comparata descriptione fructus nostra cum icone F. Fili, quam in Schrader Journ. f. d. Bot. III, dedit Cel. Link, omnino patet, hanc speciem ejusdem esse ac Fucum F i 1 u m generis, id quod jam suspicaverunt Cel. Turner et Stackhouse (Agardh), having compared our description of the fruit with the illustration, which the celebrated Link furnished in Schrader Journ.f.d.Bot.III, it completely shows [i.e. demonstrates] this species to be of the same genus as Fucus filus, this which the celebrated Turner and Stackhouse have already suspected.

- [Orchis] nectarium postice sub galea, fornicatum, medio 3-angulare, lateribus loculare, in duo cornua porrecta antice divisum: inter quae meatus patet infundibuliformis in cornu germinis (Swartz), the nectarium postically under a galea [i.e. helmet], arched, in the middle 3-angled, locular on the sides, divided antically into two lengthy horns [i.e. spurs]; between which a funnel-shaped meatus [i.e. passage] opens up into the horn [i.e. spur or calcar] of the ovary.

erecto-patens,-entis (part.B): erecto-patent, “between spreading and erect” [i.e. straight up] (Jackson);

- antherae erecto-patentes (Linn.) the anthers erect-spreading. patenti-incurvus,-a,-um (adj.A): spreading and also incurved (as at the tips);

- [moss] folia e basi erecta amplexicaulia patenti-incurva (C. Muell.), the leaves straight up from the base, clasping the stem, spreading-incurved.

suberectus,-a,-um (adj.A): nearly or almost upright;

- [moss] folia suberecta, subsecunda basi non amiplexicaulia (C. Muell.), leaves nearly upright, somewhat curved, not clasping the stem at the base.

Dryptodon patens, a moss whose leaves are spreading-divergent when wet.