ostendo
Latin
Etymology
For *obstendō, from obs- + tendō. Compare obtendō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /osˈten.doː/, [ɔs̠ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /osˈten.do/, [osˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]
Verb
ostendō (present infinitive ostendere, perfect active ostendī, supine ostentum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I expose to view, exhibit, show.
- Synonyms: praebeō, ostentō, prōdō, indicō, prōpōnō, expōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor, acclārō
- 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, City of God 12.1:
- Sīcut ergō, cum vitium oculōrum dīcitur caecitās, id ostenditur, quod ad nātūram oculōrum pertinet vīsus; et cum vitium aurium dīcitur surditās, ad eārum nātūram pertinēre dēmōnstrātur audītus: ita, cum vitium creātūrae angelicae dīcitur, quō nōn adhaeret Deō, hinc apertissimē dēclārātur, eius nātūrae ut Deō adhaereat convenīre.
- As, then, when we say that blindness is a defect of the eyes, we prove that sight belongs to the nature of the eyes; and when we say that deafness is a defect of the ears, hearing is thereby proved to belong to their nature;—so, when we say that it is a fault of the angelic creature that it does not cleave to God, we hereby most plainly declare that it pertained to its nature to cleave to God.
- Sīcut ergō, cum vitium oculōrum dīcitur caecitās, id ostenditur, quod ad nātūram oculōrum pertinet vīsus; et cum vitium aurium dīcitur surditās, ad eārum nātūram pertinēre dēmōnstrātur audītus: ita, cum vitium creātūrae angelicae dīcitur, quō nōn adhaeret Deō, hinc apertissimē dēclārātur, eius nātūrae ut Deō adhaereat convenīre.
- (transitive) I reveal, expose, make known
- Synonyms: propono, gero, effero, prodo
- (transitive) I explain, clarify
- (transitive) I presage, predict
- (transitive) I represent, depict
- (transitive) I mean, signify
Conjugation
- The supine form also appears as ostēnsum.
| Conjugation of ostendō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ostendō | ostendis | ostendit | ostendimus | ostenditis | ostendunt |
| imperfect | ostendēbam | ostendēbās | ostendēbat | ostendēbāmus | ostendēbātis | ostendēbant | |
| future | ostendam | ostendēs | ostendet | ostendēmus | ostendētis | ostendent | |
| perfect | ostendī | ostendistī | ostendit | ostendimus | ostendistis | ostendērunt, ostendēre | |
| pluperfect | ostenderam | ostenderās | ostenderat | ostenderāmus | ostenderātis | ostenderant | |
| future perfect | ostenderō | ostenderis | ostenderit | ostenderimus | ostenderitis | ostenderint | |
| passive | present | ostendor | ostenderis, ostendere | ostenditur | ostendimur | ostendiminī | ostenduntur |
| imperfect | ostendēbar | ostendēbāris, ostendēbāre | ostendēbātur | ostendēbāmur | ostendēbāminī | ostendēbantur | |
| future | ostendar | ostendēris, ostendēre | ostendētur | ostendēmur | ostendēminī | ostendentur | |
| perfect | ostentus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | ostentus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | ostentus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ostendam | ostendās | ostendat | ostendāmus | ostendātis | ostendant |
| imperfect | ostenderem | ostenderēs | ostenderet | ostenderēmus | ostenderētis | ostenderent | |
| perfect | ostenderim | ostenderīs | ostenderit | ostenderīmus | ostenderītis | ostenderint | |
| pluperfect | ostendissem | ostendissēs | ostendisset | ostendissēmus | ostendissētis | ostendissent | |
| passive | present | ostendar | ostendāris, ostendāre | ostendātur | ostendāmur | ostendāminī | ostendantur |
| imperfect | ostenderer | ostenderēris, ostenderēre | ostenderētur | ostenderēmur | ostenderēminī | ostenderentur | |
| perfect | ostentus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | ostentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | ostende | — | — | ostendite | — |
| future | — | ostenditō | ostenditō | — | ostenditōte | ostenduntō | |
| passive | present | — | ostendere | — | — | ostendiminī | — |
| future | — | ostenditor | ostenditor | — | — | ostenduntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | ostendere | ostendisse | ostentūrum esse | ostendī | ostentum esse | ostentum īrī | |
| participles | ostendēns | — | ostentūrus | — | ostentus | ostendendus, ostendundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| ostendendī | ostendendō | ostendendum | ostendendō | ostentum | ostentū | ||
Derived terms
- ostentus, ostēnsus
- ostentō
References
- ostendo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “ostendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ostendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ostendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
- to demonstrate by instances: aliquid exemplis ostendere
- to rouse a vain, groundless hope in some one's mind: spem falsam alicui ostendere
- he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
- ostend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911