ostendo, ostendere, ostendi, ostentus:
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. | ostentus | ostenti |
| Gen. | ostenti | ostentorum |
| Dat. | ostento | — |
| Acc. | ostentum | ostentos |
| Voc. | ostente | ostenti |
| Abl. | ostento | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | ostenta | ostentae |
| Gen. | ostentae | ostentarum |
| Dat. | ostentae | — |
| Acc. | ostentam | ostentas |
| Voc. | ostenta | ostentae |
| Abl. | ostenta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | ostentum | ostenta |
| Gen. | ostenti | ostentorum |
| Dat. | ostento | — |
| Acc. | ostentum | ostenta |
| Voc. | ostentum | ostenta |
| Abl. | ostento | — |
Supines
accusative: ostentum; ablative: ostentu
Examples
- T
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...concessi tuis? >* * * nec tibi supplico. vincire vis? em, ostendo manus; tu habes lora, ego te emere vidi: quid..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..."