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ostentator

ostentator · m

a vain

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What it meant

ostentātor — Lewis & Short

ostentātor, ōris, m.ostento,

I a vain, self-satisfied exhibiter, a displayer, parader, boaster, vaunter: ostentatores meri, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 15: ostentatorem pecuniae gloriosum describere, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63: factorum, Liv. 1, 10: omnium, quae diceret, Tac. H. 2, 80: rector juveni et ceteris periculorum praemiorumque ostentator, id. A. 1, 24.

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