ostento

ostento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

• IPA^(key): /osˈtɛn.to/, (traditional) /osˈten.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛnto, (traditional) -ento
• Hyphenation: o‧stèn‧to, (traditional) o‧stén‧to

ostento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentare

• sonetto

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔsˈtɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [osˈt̪ɛn̪.t̪o]

ostentō (present infinitive ostentāre, perfect active ostentāvī, supine ostentātum); 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, Virgil, Aeneid 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?)

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

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

• “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.

ostento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

• IPA^(key): /osˈtento/ [osˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: os‧ten‧to

ostento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar