ostento

See also: ostentó and ostentò

Catalan

Verb

ostento

first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ostento

first-person singular present indicative of ostentare

References

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

Anagrams

sonetto

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /osˈten.toː/, [ɔs̠ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /osˈten.to/, [osˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]

Verb

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

to exhibit, show, present
Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, expōnō, prōdō, prōpōnō, indicō, acclārō, profiteor, vulgō, prōferō, prōtrahō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
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?)
to offer as an example
to promise, proffer
Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, profiteor, prōmittō, stipulor, polliceor, pangō
to hold up as a threat, menace with
to point out, signify, reveal

Conjugation

Conjugation of ostentō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ostentā	—	—	ostentāte	—
active	future	—	ostentātō	ostentātō	—	ostentātōte	ostentantō
passive	present	—	ostentāre	—	—	ostentāminī	—
passive	future	—	ostentātor	ostentātor	—	—	ostentantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: ostentar
English: ostentate, ostent (via Old French)
Italian: ostentare
Portuguese: ostentar
Romanian: ostenta
Spanish: ostentar

References

“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

Verb

ostento

first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ostento

first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

[1] stento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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