ostentis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ostendo, ostendere, ostendi, ostentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
show; reveal; make clear, point out, display, exhibit;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →ostentum, ostenti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
prodigy, marvel; occurrence foreshadowing future events, portent;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quicquid ab hoc portenditur, fixum est nec alterius ostenti significatione mutatur ; quicquid exta, quicquid aues minabuntur, secundo fulmine..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...supra umerum ac deinde in capite astitit. Quibus ostentis par respondit exitus; nam confirmatum per legatos suos imperium..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aequoris esse deos; luctu serieque malorum victus et ostentis, quae plurima viderat, exit conditor urbe sua, tamquam fortuna..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...miserat, ut suo loco memorabimus. occulta fati et ostentis ac responsis destinatum Vespasiano liberisque eius imperium post fortunam..."