ostento
See also: ostentó and ostentò
Catalan
Verb
ostento
- first-person singular present indicative form 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
- first-person singular present indicative of ostentare
References
- ostento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- sonetto
Latin
Etymology
Frequentative of ostendō (“show, expose”), through its past participle, ostentus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /osˈten.toː/, [ɔs̠ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /osˈten.to/, [osˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]
Verb
ostentō (present infinitive ostentāre, perfect active ostentāvī, supine ostentātum); first conjugation
- I exhibit, show, present.
- Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, expōnō, prōdō, prōpōnō, indicō, acclārō, profiteor, vulgō, prōferō, prōtrahō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
- I show off, make a boastful display of.
- I offer as an example.
- I promise, proffer.
- Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, profiteor, prōmittō, stipulor, polliceor, pangō
- I hold up as a threat, menace with.
- I 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, ostentāvēre, ostentārunt2 | |
| 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | ostentāre | ostentāvisse, ostentāsse2 | ostentātūrum esse | ostentārī, ostentārier1 | ostentātum esse | ostentātum īrī | |
| participles | ostentāns | — | ostentātūrus | — | ostentātus | ostentandus | |
| 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
- ostentābilis
- ostentāculum
- ostentāmen
- ostentātīcius
- ostentātiō
- ostentātor
- ostentātōrius
- ostentātrix
Related terms
- ostendō
- ostēnsiō
- ostēnsiōnālis
- ostēnsor
- ostēnsus
- ostentārium
- ostentārius
- ostentifer
- ostentum
- ostentus
Descendants
- Catalan: ostentar
- English: ostentate, ostent (via Old French)
- Italian: ostentare
- Portuguese: ostentar
- Romanian: ostenta
- Spanish: ostentar
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
- first-person singular present indicative of ostentar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /osˈtento/ [osˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: os‧ten‧to
Verb
ostento
- first-person singular present indicative of ostentar