Ostento, ostentas, ostentâre, Frequentatiuum ab ostentum sopi no formatum. Tacit.To shew often: to boast or aduaunte: to shew for a bragge or for glorie.Ostentare ver bis. & re vera facete, contraria. Cic.Cædem ex altera parte, belli exitus ostentat, ex altera seruiturem.Cic.Signifieth on the one parte. &c.Ostentare iugulum pro capite alterius. Ci. To put his life in daunger: to shew him selfe willing to diefor ones safetie.Mænia maxima ostentat.Virg.Opes Sidonias ostentar Dido.Virg.Periculum ostentare capitis. Ci. To threaten death or daÛger of his life.Spem ostentare.Cic.Liu.To put in hope. Ostentare. Teren. To bragge: to boast: to auaunt: to shewe for a glorie.In alijs rebus, se ostentent.Cic.Let them aduaunt themselues in other matters.Ingenij venditandi, & memoriæ ostentandæ causa. Author. ad Heren. For a glorie and bragge to shewe their witte and memorie.Labores suos ostentare. Claud. Vires ostentare superbas.Stat.Iactare se & ostentare. Author ad Heren. Se ostentare. Cic Præ se ferre & ostentare. Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ostento, āvi, ātum (inf. pass. ostentarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 129), 1, v. freq. a. [ostendo], to present to view, to show, exhibit (class.). I. In gen.: alicui jugula sua pro capite alicujus,
to present
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offer
, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 4: aliquem, Verg. A. 12, 479: campos nitentes, id. ib. 6, 678: Sidonias opes, id. ib. 4, 75: passum capillum, Caes. B. G. 7, 48: liberos, Suet. Aug. 34: quo res sapsa loco sese ostentat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 325 Müll. (Ann. v. 372 Vahl.).—II. In partic. A.To show off with vanity or boastfulness, to display, make a display of, boast of, vaunt: amorem tibi meum, Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 4: quid me ostentem,
why should I make a display of myself?
id. ib. 1, 4, 3: et prae se ferre, id. Att. 2, 23, 3: memoriae ostentandae causā, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 47: clientelas, Dolabell. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2: triumphos suos, Sall. J. 31, 10: eum ipsum aliis, id. ib. 49, 4: se in aliis rebus,
to exhibit themselves
, Cic. Cael. 28, 67: Ambiorigem ostentant fidei faciundae causā, Caes. B. G. 5, 41.—B.To hold out or up as an example: desine Tydiden vultuque et murmure nobis Ostentare, Ov. M. 13, 350.—C.To hold out for the purpose of offering or giving; to proffer, promise: alterā manu fert lapidem, panem ostentat alterā, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 18: agrum, Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 78: praemia, Sall. J. 66, 1; 89, 1; cf.: praemia modo, modo formidinem, id. ib. 23, 1: praedam, id. ib. 68, 3.—D.To hold out in a threatening manner; to threaten, menace: caedem, servitutem, Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 1: periculum capitis, id. Clu. 8, 25: minas, Liv. 2, 42.—E.To show by speech or signs; to indicate, point out, signify, reveal, disclose: (largitio) verbis ostentari potest, re verā fieri, nisi exhausto aerario, nullo pacto potest, Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 18: tibi me istis esse familiarem, id. Fam. 9, 6, 2: principem,