exposed (part. adj.) Copy link Outline 1. ăpertus2. nūdus3. obnoxius (liable to, at the mercy of)4. opportūnus (conveniently situated for) • exposed (part. adj.): 1. ăpertus: the enemy attacked our men on the e. side, hostes nostros a. latere aggressi sunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 25. 2. nūdus: v. bare. 3. obnoxius (liable to, at the mercy of): e. to insults, contumeliis obnoxius, Suet. Tib. 63: great riches are e. to danger, magnae periculo sunt opes ob., Phaedr. 2, 7, extr.: (a place) e. to winds, ventis ob., Tib.: Lucan: Liv. 4. opportūnus (conveniently situated for): bodies more e. to disease, corpora morbis opportuniora, Plin. Phr.: to be e. to, pătēre: to be e. to a wound, vulneri p., Liv. 31, 39, ad fin.: there are fewer e. parts (fig.) for Fortune to strike, minus multa patent quae fortuna feriat, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73.