ostentaris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ostento, ostentare, ostentavi, ostentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
show, display; point out, declare; disclose, hold out (prospect);
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →ostento, ostentare, ostentavi, ostentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
show, display; point out, declare; disclose, hold out (prospect);
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quid opust, quod suom esse nolit, ei ultro ostentarier? [purpura aetati occultandaest, aurum turpi mulieri.] pulchra mulier nuda..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tumultus in urbem sanctissimam temperatissimam inrupisse, nimis luxuriose ostentari gentium spolia, quod unus populus eripuerit omnibus facilius..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...simus ulla parte vitandum est, propter quod minime ostentari debet in principiis cura, quia videtur ars omnis dicentis..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...libido erat, seu ita placuerat principibus Gallorum et ostentari quaedam incendia terroris causa, si compelli ad deditionem caritate..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Sentio; quorum accusatores etiam si puniri non oporteat, ostentari non debere. hoc senatus iudicio velut admoneri principem quos..."