ostento

See also: ostentó and ostentò

Catalan

Verb

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  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentare

References

  1. ↑ ostento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of ostendō (“show, expose”), through its past participle, ostentus.

Pronunciation

Verb

ostentō (present infinitive ostentāre, perfect active ostentāvī, supine ostentātum)Category:Latin lemmas#OSTENTOCategory:Latin verbs#OSTENTOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#OSTENTOCategory:Pages with entries#OSTENTOCategory:Pages with 5 entries#OSTENTO; first conjugation

  1. to exhibit, show, present
    Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, expōnō, prōdō, prōpōnō, indicō, acclārō, profiteor, vulgō, prōferō, prōtrahō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
  2. to show off, make a boastful display of
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.75:
      [...] Sīdoniāsque ostentat opēs urbemque parātam; [...].
      [...] and [Dido proudly] displays the wealth of Sidon, and her well-readied city [of Carthage]; [...].
      (In other words, Dido wants to impress Aeneas: Why go to Italy, when the foundations of a great nation are already laid here in Africa?)
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  3. to offer as an example
  4. to promise, proffer
    Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, profiteor, prōmittō, stipulor, polliceor, pangō
  5. to hold up as a threat, menace with
  6. to point out, signify, reveal

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ostentō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ostentō ostentās ostentat ostentāmus ostentātis ostentant
imperfect ostentābam ostentābās ostentābat ostentābāmus ostentābātis ostentābant
future ostentābō ostentābis ostentābit ostentābimus ostentābitis ostentābunt
perfect ostentāvī ostentāvistī,
ostentāstī2		 ostentāvit,
ostentāt2		 ostentāvimus,
ostentāmus2		 ostentāvistis,
ostentāstis2		 ostentāvērunt,
ostentārunt,
ostentāvēre2
pluperfect ostentāveram,
ostentāram2		 ostentāverās,
ostentārās2		 ostentāverat,
ostentārat2		 ostentāverāmus,
ostentārāmus2		 ostentāverātis,
ostentārātis2		 ostentāverant,
ostentārant2
future perfect ostentāverō,
ostentārō2		 ostentāveris,
ostentāris2		 ostentāverit,
ostentārit2		 ostentāverimus,
ostentārimus2		 ostentāveritis,
ostentāritis2		 ostentāverint,
ostentārint2
passive present ostentor ostentāris,
ostentāre		 ostentātur ostentāmur ostentāminī ostentantur
imperfect ostentābar ostentābāris,
ostentābāre		 ostentābātur ostentābāmur ostentābāminī ostentābantur
future ostentābor ostentāberis,
ostentābere		 ostentābitur ostentābimur ostentābiminī ostentābuntur
perfect ostentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ostentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ostentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ostentem ostentēs ostentet ostentēmus ostentētis ostentent
imperfect ostentārem ostentārēs ostentāret ostentārēmus ostentārētis ostentārent
perfect ostentāverim,
ostentārim2		 ostentāverīs,
ostentārīs2		 ostentāverit,
ostentārit2		 ostentāverīmus,
ostentārīmus2		 ostentāverītis,
ostentārītis2		 ostentāverint,
ostentārint2
pluperfect ostentāvissem,
ostentāssem2		 ostentāvissēs,
ostentāssēs2		 ostentāvisset,
ostentāsset2		 ostentāvissēmus,
ostentāssēmus2		 ostentāvissētis,
ostentāssētis2		 ostentāvissent,
ostentāssent2
passive present ostenter ostentēris,
ostentēre		 ostentētur ostentēmur ostentēminī ostententur
imperfect ostentārer ostentārēris,
ostentārēre		 ostentārētur ostentārēmur ostentārēminī ostentārentur
perfect ostentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ostentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ostentā — — ostentāte —
future — ostentātō ostentātō — ostentātōte ostentantō
passive present — ostentāre — — ostentāminī —
future — ostentātor ostentātor — — ostentantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present ostentāre ostentārī,
ostentārier1		 ostentāns —
future ostentātūrum esse ostentātum īrī ostentātūrus ostentandus
perfect ostentāvisse,
ostentāsse2		 ostentātum esse — ostentātus
future perfect — ostentātum fore — —
perfect potential ostentātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ostentandī ostentandō ostentandum ostentandō ostentātum ostentātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “ostento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ostento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ostento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

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  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar
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