ostento
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ostento, ostentare, ostentavi, ostentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
show, display; point out, declare; disclose, hold out (prospect);
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →ostendo, ostendere, ostendi, ostentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
show; reveal; make clear, point out, display, exhibit;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →ostentum, ostenti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
prodigy, marvel; occurrence foreshadowing future events, portent;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...inpendio magis ex rebus gestis quam ex illo ostento virum esse virtutis divinae creditum est. Id etiam dicere..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...cella Palatini atriensis. Nec defuerunt qui coniectarent altero ostento periculum a custodibus domino portendi, altero caedem rursus insignem..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...nuntiante futura diceret laetiora, cum vellet; nec pro ostento ducendum, si pecudi cor defuisset. Verum praecipuam et exitiabilem..."
