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, ostentārunt, ostentāvēre²
	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		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		ostentāre		ostentārī, ostentārier¹		ostentāns		—
future		ostentātūrum esse		ostentātum īrī		ostentātūrus		ostentandus
perfect		ostentāvisse, ostentāsse²		ostentātum esse		—		ostentātus
future perfect		—		ostentātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		ostentātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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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