ostento
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ostento
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Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /oˈstɛn.to/, (traditional) /oˈsten.to/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛnto, (traditional) -ento
- Hyphenation: o‧stèn‧to, (traditional) o‧stén‧to
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ostento
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- ^ ostento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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Etymology edit
Frequentative of ostendō (“show, expose”), through its past participle, ostentus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /osˈten.toː/, [ɔs̠ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /osˈten.to/, [osˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]
Verb edit
ostentō (present infinitive ostentāre, perfect active ostentāvī, supine ostentātum); first conjugation
- to exhibit, show, present
- to show off, make a boastful display of
- to offer as an example
- to promise, proffer
- to hold up as a threat, menace with
- to point out, signify, reveal
Conjugation edit
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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- “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.
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