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ostentus2

ostentus2 · P. a

Part. and P. a., from ostendo

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Where it lives

Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
Jugurtha 2 · 0.94/10k
Annales 4 · 0.45/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Historiae 1 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

1. ostentus — Lewis & Short

ostentus, a, um, P. a., from ostendo.

Part. and

2. ostentus — Lewis & Short

ostentus, ūs, m.ostendo.

I In gen., a showing, exhibiting, display (not in Cic. or Cæs.): corpora extra vallum abjecta ostentui, as a public spectacle, Tac. A. 1, 29: atrocitatis, Gell. 20, 1, 48.—

II In partic.

A Show, parade, external appearance: nova jura Cappadociae dedit bstentui magis, quam mansura, Tac. H. 1, 78.—

B A sign, proof: ut Jugurthae scelerum ostentui essem, Sall. J. 24, 9; also a pretence, a sign given to deceive, id. ib. 46, 6: ut ostentui esset, multum vitalis spiritūs egestum, as a proof that, Tac. A. 15, 64; cf.: ostentui clementiae suae, id. ib. 12, 14 fin.: ostentui habere, Vulg. Heb. 6, 11.

In the wild

ostentui Tacitus, Annales 15.p30
ostentui Tacitus, Annales 15.p66
ostentui Tacitus, Historiae 3.35
ostentui Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 52.13
ostentui Sallust, Jugurtha 23.p4
ostentui Tacitus, Annales 12.p14

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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