- ostentatus
- Ostentatus, pen. prod. Participium: vt Ostentata occasio. Terent. Presentee.\Promissa et ostentata pecunia. Cic. Monstree.
Dictionarium latinogallicum. 1552.
Dictionarium latinogallicum. 1552.
Ostentate — Os ten*tate, v. t. [L. ostentatus, p. p. of ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See {Ostent}.] To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [R.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
OSTENDERE — apud Stat. Theb. l. 8. v. 239. ubi de triumpho Bacchi, ex India revertentis, nigri vexilla triumphi Liber, et ignotos populis ostenderet Indos: est inserre communi publicoque aspectui. Sic Auctor Panegyrici ad Pisonem. Maecenas ulta Latinos Eruit … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
ostentation — mid 15c., from M.Fr. ostentation (mid 14c.), from L. ostentationem (nom. ostentatio) vain display, from ostentatus, pp. of ostentare to display, frequentative of ostendere (see OSTENSIBLE (Cf. ostensible)) … Etymology dictionary