ostento

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See also: ostentó and ostentò

Catalan

Verb

ostento

  1. 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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentare

References

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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 displays the wealth of Sidon, and her well-readied city ; .
      (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

   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,
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
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 infinitive participle
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

Descendants

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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /osˈtento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: os‧ten‧to

Verb

ostento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ostentar
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