Pāteti [Caus. of pat] 1. to make fall, drop, throw off S i.197 (sakuṇo rajaŋ); J i.93 (udakaŋ); Miln 305 (sāraŋ). -- 2. to bring to fall J v.198; Miln 187. -- 3. to kill, destroy, cut off (the head) J i.393; iii.177; PvA 31, 115. -- pp. pātita. Caus. II. pātāpeti (q. v.). -- Cp. abhi˚. Note. In meaning 3 it would be better to assume confusion with pāṭeti (for phāṭeti=Sk. sphāṭayati to split [sphuṭ=(s)phal], see phāleti & phāṭeti In the same sense we find the phrase kaṭṭhaŋ pātetito split firewood M i.21 (MA ereti), besides phāleti.