Patulcius

== Latin == === Etymology === From pateō (“to be open”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paˈtʊɫ.ki.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [paˈtul̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.us] === Proper noun === Patulcius m sg (genitive Patulciī or Patulcī); second declension an epithet of Janus, because in time of war his temple stood open a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by: Quīntus Patulcius, a person mentioned by Cicero ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Patulciānus === References === “Patulcius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Patulcius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.