(adjective) : pătŭlus, a, um, pateo
* Standing open, open (syn. patens).
* Lit.: locus patulus,Varr. L. L. 5, § 161 Müll.: pina duabus grandibus patula conchis, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123; id. Fin. 3, 19, 63: patulae aures,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70: nares,Verg. G. 1, 376: cavo aut patulo maxime ore,Quint. 9, 4, 33: fenestrae,Ov. M. 14, 752: latitudo,Tac. A. 15, 40.
* Transf., spread out, spreading, extended, broad, wide: mundus,Lucr. 6, 108: rami,Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28: quadra,Verg. A. 7, 115: fagus,id. E. 1, 1: patulis captavit naribus auras,id. G. 1, 376: pectines,Hor. S. 2, 4, 34: lacus,Ov. M. 2, 379: plaustra,Verg. G. 3, 362: canistra,Ov. M. 8, 676: patulae in latitudinem naves,Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 68: loca urbis,Tac. A. 15, 40: aves alis patulae,Gell. 6, 6, 12: arca,Juv. 14, 74: patulos boves,broadhorned,Fest. p. 221 Müll.—*
* Trop., open to all, i. e. common: patulus orbis,the beaten round,Hor. A. P. 132.

s. TLL