ostentus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ostendō.

Participle

ostentus (feminine ostenta, neuter ostentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. exposed, exhibited, shown

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ostentus ostenta ostentum ostentī ostentae ostenta
Genitive ostentī ostentae ostentī ostentōrum ostentārum ostentōrum
Dative ostentō ostentō ostentīs
Accusative ostentum ostentam ostentum ostentōs ostentās ostenta
Ablative ostentō ostentā ostentō ostentīs
Vocative ostente ostenta ostentum ostentī ostentae ostenta

References

  • “ostentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ostentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ostentus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ostentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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