The corpus record — Latin

ostensio

ostensio · f

a showing

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Where it lives

De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

ostensĭo — Lewis & Short

ostensĭo, ōnis, f.ostendo,

I a showing, exhibiting, manifestation (post-class.): nova ostensio, App. M. 3, p. 133, 19; Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 11: HOMINVM ARMIGERORVM, a mustering, parade, Inscr. Salm. ad Lampr. Alex. Sev. 33: si in me est iniquitas haec, da ostensionem, expose, make manifest, Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 41: secretorum, id. Dan. 5, 12.

In the wild

ostensio Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 5.11
ostensione Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.9
ostensione Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1.26.p2
ostensione Tertullian, De Oratione 22

Where it came from

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