ostentos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ostendo, ostendere, ostendi, ostentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
show; reveal; make clear, point out, display, exhibit;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →ostentus, ostentus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
display, demonstration, advertisement; (DAT merely for show; as a sign);
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...inpendio magis ex rebus gestis quam ex illo ostento virum esse virtutis divinae creditum est. Id etiam dicere..."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..."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..."