Comparative evidence

2.peth₂

• Lat. petō -ere ‘direct one’s course to’, ‘reach out for’, ‘go for’, ‘attack’, ‘aim at’, ‘pursue’, ‘chase’, ‘seek’(OLD: 1369)

• Lat. pateō -ēre ‘be open’, ‘be exposed’, ‘be visible’, ‘extend in space’ (OLD: 1307)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.