patēns entis, adj.with comp.
P. of pateo, open, accessible, unobstructed, passable : caelum: campi, S.: in locis patentioribus, Cs.: via patentior, L.—As subst n. : ex patenti utrimque coactum in angustias mare, a broad expanse , L.: per patentia ruinis vadere, breaches , L.—Fig., open, exposed : domus: pelago da vela patenti, V.— Evident, manifest : causa, O.