ostendo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

For *obstendō, from obs- + tendō. Compare obtendō.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /osˈten.doː/, [ɔs̠ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /osˈten.do/, [osˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]

Verb edit

ostendō (present infinitive ostendere, perfect active ostendī, supine ostentum or ostensum); third conjugation

(transitive) to expose to view, exhibit, show
Synonyms: praebeō, ostentō, prōdō, indicō, prōpōnō, expōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor, acclārō
- 412 CE – 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.
(transitive) to reveal, expose, make known
Synonyms: propono, gero, effero, prodo
(transitive) to explain, clarify
(transitive) to presage, predict
(transitive) to represent, depict
(transitive) to mean, signify

Conjugation edit

The supine form also appears as ostēnsum.

Conjugation of ostendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ostende	—	—	ostendite	—
active	future	—	ostenditō	ostenditō	—	ostenditōte	ostenduntō
passive	present	—	ostendere	—	—	ostendiminī	—
passive	future	—	ostenditor	ostenditor	—	—	ostenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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 edit

References edit

ostendo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), 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^[1], 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
“ostend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.