ostendo, ostendere, ostendi, ostensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
show; reveal; make clear, point out, display, exhibit;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ostendo | ostendimus |
| 2 | ostendis | ostenditis |
| 3 | ostendit | ostendunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | ostendere |
| active | perfect | ostendisse |
| passive | present | ostendi |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | ostende | ostendite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | ostendito | ostenditote |
| 3 | ostendito | ostendunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | ostendere | ostendimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | ostenditor | — |
| 3 | ostenditor | ostenduntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | ostensus | ostensi |
| Gen. | ostensi | ostensorum |
| Dat. | ostenso | — |
| Acc. | ostensum | ostensos |
| Voc. | ostense | ostensi |
| Abl. | ostenso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | ostensa | ostensae |
| Gen. | ostensae | ostensarum |
| Dat. | ostensae | — |
| Acc. | ostensam | ostensas |
| Voc. | ostensa | ostensae |
| Abl. | ostensa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | ostensum | ostensa |
| Gen. | ostensi | ostensorum |
| Dat. | ostenso | — |
| Acc. | ostensum | ostensa |
| Voc. | ostensum | ostensa |
| Abl. | ostenso | — |
Supines
accusative: ostensum; ablative: ostensu
Examples
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...concessi tuis? >* * * nec tibi supplico. vincire vis? em, ostendo manus; tu habes lora, ego te emere vidi: quid..."Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...prodesse possum magis quam si tibi bonum tuum ostendo, si te a mutis animalibus separo..."Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...publicae bellum in unam transferentes domum. Laconas tibi ostendo in ipsis Thermopylarum angustiis positos: nec victoriam sperant..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...XXII. Sed antequam quae cuique rei figura conveniat ostendo, dicendum est nequaquam eas esse tam multas quam sint..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...filius, scire. Augeo Patres Conscripti principis munus, quum ostendo, liberalitati eius inesse rationem. Ambitio enim et iactantia..."