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ostento

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See also: ostentó and ostentò

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ostento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈstɛn.to/, (traditional) /oˈsten.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto, (traditional) -ento
  • Hyphenation: o‧stèn‧to, (traditional) o‧stén‧to

Verb

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ostento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentare

References

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  1. ^ ostento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Frequentative of ostendō (show, expose), through its past participle, ostentus.

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Verb

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ostentō (present infinitive ostentāre, perfect active ostentāvī, supine ostentātum); first conjugation

  1. to exhibit, show, present
    Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, expōnō, prōdō, prōpōnō, indicō, acclārō, profiteor, vulgō, prōferō, prōtrahō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
  2. to show off, make a boastful display of
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.75:
      [...] Sīdoniāsque ostentat opēs urbemque parātam; [...].
      [...] and [Dido proudly] displays the wealth of Sidon, and her well-readied city [of Carthage]; [...].
      (In other words, Dido wants to impress Aeneas: Why go to Italy, when the foundations of a great nation are already laid here in Africa?)
  3. to offer as an example
  4. to promise, proffer
    Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, profiteor, prōmittō, stipulor, polliceor, pangō
  5. to hold up as a threat, menace with
  6. to point out, signify, reveal

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of ostentō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ostentō ostentās ostentat ostentāmus ostentātis ostentant
imperfect ostentābam ostentābās ostentābat ostentābāmus ostentābātis ostentābant
future ostentābō ostentābis ostentābit ostentābimus ostentābitis ostentābunt
perfect ostentāvī ostentāvistī,
ostentāstī2
ostentāvit,
ostentāt2
ostentāvimus,
ostentāmus2
ostentāvistis,
ostentāstis2
ostentāvērunt,
ostentāvēre,
ostentārunt2
pluperfect ostentāveram,
ostentāram2
ostentāverās,
ostentārās2
ostentāverat,
ostentārat2
ostentāverāmus,
ostentārāmus2
ostentāverātis,
ostentārātis2
ostentāverant,
ostentārant2
future perfect ostentāverō,
ostentārō2
ostentāveris,
ostentāris2
ostentāverit,
ostentārit2
ostentāverimus,
ostentārimus2
ostentāveritis,
ostentāritis2
ostentāverint,
ostentārint2
passive present ostentor ostentāris,
ostentāre
ostentātur ostentāmur ostentāminī ostentantur
imperfect ostentābar ostentābāris,
ostentābāre
ostentābātur ostentābāmur ostentābāminī ostentābantur
future ostentābor ostentāberis,
ostentābere
ostentābitur ostentābimur ostentābiminī ostentābuntur
perfect ostentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ostentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ostentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ostentem ostentēs ostentet ostentēmus ostentētis ostentent
imperfect ostentārem ostentārēs ostentāret ostentārēmus ostentārētis ostentārent
perfect ostentāverim,
ostentārim2
ostentāverīs,
ostentārīs2
ostentāverit,
ostentārit2
ostentāverīmus,
ostentārīmus2
ostentāverītis,
ostentārītis2
ostentāverint,
ostentārint2
pluperfect ostentāvissem,
ostentāssem2
ostentāvissēs,
ostentāssēs2
ostentāvisset,
ostentāsset2
ostentāvissēmus,
ostentāssēmus2
ostentāvissētis,
ostentāssētis2
ostentāvissent,
ostentāssent2
passive present ostenter ostentēris,
ostentēre
ostentētur ostentēmur ostentēminī ostententur
imperfect ostentārer ostentārēris,
ostentārēre
ostentārētur ostentārēmur ostentārēminī ostentārentur
perfect ostentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ostentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ostentā ostentāte
future ostentātō ostentātō ostentātōte ostentantō
passive present ostentāre ostentāminī
future ostentātor ostentātor ostentantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ostentāre ostentāvisse,
ostentāsse2
ostentātūrum esse ostentārī,
ostentārier1
ostentātum esse ostentātum īrī
participles ostentāns ostentātūrus ostentātus ostentandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ostentandī ostentandō ostentandum ostentandō ostentātum ostentātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

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References

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  • ostento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ostento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ostento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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ostento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /osˈtento/ [osˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: os‧ten‧to

Verb

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ostento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar