ostendo

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Latin

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Etymology

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For *obstendō, from obs- + tendō. Compare obtendō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ostendō (present infinitive ostendere, perfect active ostendī, supine ostentum or ostensum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to expose to view, exhibit, show
    Synonyms: praebeō, ostentō, prōdō, indicō, prōpōnō, expōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor, acclārō
    • 412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, City of God 12.1:
      Sīcut ergō, cum vitium oculōrum dīcitur caecitās, id ostenditur, quod ad nātūram oculōrum pertinet vīsus; et cum vitium aurium dīcitur surditās, ad eārum nātūram pertinēre dēmōnstrātur audītus: ita, cum vitium creātūrae angelicae dīcitur, quō nōn adhaeret Deō, hinc apertissimē dēclārātur, eius nātūrae ut Deō adhaereat convenīre.
      As, then, when we say that blindness is a defect of the eyes, we prove that sight belongs to the nature of the eyes; and when we say that deafness is a defect of the ears, hearing is thereby proved to belong to their nature;—so, when we say that it is a fault of the angelic creature that it does not cleave to God, we hereby most plainly declare that it pertained to its nature to cleave to God.
  2. (transitive) to reveal, expose, make known
    Synonyms: propono, gero, effero, prodo
  3. (transitive) to explain, clarify
  4. (transitive) to presage, predict
  5. (transitive) to represent, depict
  6. (transitive) to mean, signify

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of ostendō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ostendō ostendis ostendit ostendimus ostenditis ostendunt
imperfect ostendēbam ostendēbās ostendēbat ostendēbāmus ostendēbātis ostendēbant
future ostendam ostendēs ostendet ostendēmus ostendētis ostendent
perfect ostendī ostendistī ostendit ostendimus ostendistis ostendērunt,
ostendēre
pluperfect ostenderam ostenderās ostenderat ostenderāmus ostenderātis ostenderant
future perfect ostenderō ostenderis ostenderit ostenderimus ostenderitis ostenderint
passive present ostendor ostenderis,
ostendere
ostenditur ostendimur ostendiminī ostenduntur
imperfect ostendēbar ostendēbāris,
ostendēbāre
ostendēbātur ostendēbāmur ostendēbāminī ostendēbantur
future ostendar ostendēris,
ostendēre
ostendētur ostendēmur ostendēminī ostendentur
perfect ostentus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ostentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ostentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ostendam ostendās ostendat ostendāmus ostendātis ostendant
imperfect ostenderem ostenderēs ostenderet ostenderēmus ostenderētis ostenderent
perfect ostenderim ostenderīs ostenderit ostenderīmus ostenderītis ostenderint
pluperfect ostendissem ostendissēs ostendisset ostendissēmus ostendissētis ostendissent
passive present ostendar ostendāris,
ostendāre
ostendātur ostendāmur ostendāminī ostendantur
imperfect ostenderer ostenderēris,
ostenderēre
ostenderētur ostenderēmur ostenderēminī ostenderentur
perfect ostentus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ostentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ostende ostendite
future ostenditō ostenditō ostenditōte ostenduntō
passive present ostendere ostendiminī
future ostenditor ostenditor ostenduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ostendere ostendisse ostentūrum esse ostendī ostentum esse ostentum īrī
participles ostendēns ostentūrus ostentus ostendendus,
ostendundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ostendendī ostendendō ostendendum ostendendō ostentum ostentū

Derived terms

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References

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  • ostendo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • ostendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ostendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ostendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
    • to demonstrate by instances: aliquid exemplis ostendere
    • to rouse a vain, groundless hope in some one's mind: spem falsam alicui ostendere
  • ostend”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.