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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ostendo</b>: di, [[sum]], and tum ([[ostensus]], Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 892 P.; Luc. 2, 192: [[ostentus]], Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45; Pac. and Varr. ap. Prisc. l. l.; Tac. H. 1, 78:<br /><b>I</b> ostensurus, Suet. Ner. 13; App. ap. Prisc. p. 892 P.: ostenturus, [[Cato]], Or. 52, 2; v. also the apoc. form: ostende ostendam, ut permultis aliis exemplis ejus generis manifestum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.; perh. used by [[Cato]], v. Müll. ad loc., and cf. the [[letter]] E), v. a. obs-[[tendo]], to [[stretch]] [[out]] or [[spread]] [[before]] one; [[hence]], to [[expose]] to [[view]], to [[show]], [[exhibit]], [[display]] (syn.: [[monstro]], [[exhibeo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ostendo [[manus]], Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 17: os suum [[populo]] Romano ostendere audet, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1: pectora, Sil. 2, 669: umeros, Verg. A. 5, 376: dentem, Suet. Vesp. 5: se, to [[show]] one's [[self]], [[appear]], Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 5: aciem, to [[display]], Liv. 29, 7: equites [[sese]] ostendunt, [[show]] [[themselves]], [[appear]], Caes. B. C. 1, 63. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.: vocem, to [[make]] [[heard]], Phaedr. 1, 13, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[lay]] [[open]], [[expose]] ([[poet]].): Aquiloni glaebas, Verg. G. 2, 261: lucos Phoebo, Stat. Th. 6, 90: [[ager]] qui soli [[ostentus]] erit, [[Cato]], R. R. 6, 2. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[show]], [[disclose]], [[exhibit]], [[manifest]]: [[ille]] [[dies]] cum gloriā maximā [[sese]] nobis ostendat, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 880 P. (Ann. v. 384 Vahl.): non ego [[illi]] [[extemplo]] ita [[meum]] ostendam sensum, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 21: [[verum]] hoc [[facto]] [[sese]] ostendit, he has [[exposed]] [[himself]], id. As. 5, 2, 12: sententiam, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 7: potestatem, id. Eun. 5, 8, 3: spem, metum, i. e. to [[promise]], [[threaten]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75 et saep.—With [[two]] acc.: aliquem nocentem, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2; cf. Tit. ap. Gell. 2, 27, 5.—Mid., to [[show]] itself, [[appear]]: [[nisi]] cum major [[spes]] ostenderetur, Suet. Aug. 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[show]], [[express]], [[indicate]] by [[speech]] or signs; to [[give]] to [[understand]], to [[declare]], [[say]], [[tell]], [[make]] [[known]], etc. (syn.: [[indico]], [[declaro]], [[significo]]).—With acc.: illud ostendit, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4.—With obj.- or rel.-[[clause]]: ostendit se cum rege colloqui velle, Nep. Con. 3, 2: [[quid]] sui consilii [[sit]], ostendit, Caes. B. G. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 3.—Absol.: ut ostendimus [[supra]], as we showed [[above]], Nep. Ages. 1, 5: sed [[aliter]], [[atque]] ostenderam, [[facio]], Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 2: [[signum]] est per [[quod]] ostenditur idonea perficiendi [[facultas]] esse quaesita, Auct. Her. 2, 4, 6: [[primum]] ostendendum est, id. ib. 2, 16, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[hold]] up [[conspicuously]], [[flourish]] ([[ironically]]): sed quaedam mihi magnifica et praeclara ejus [[defensio]] ostenditur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1.—Hence, osten-tus, a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Exposed ([[ante]]-[[class]].): [[ager]] soli [[ostentus]], [[Cato]], R. R. 6, 2; so id. ib. 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; 1, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: [[ostentum]], i, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit., a [[prodigy]], [[wonder]], [[that]] announces [[something]] [[about]] to [[happen]], a [[portent]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[monstrum]], [[portentum]]): praedictiones [[vero]] et praesensiones rerum futurarum [[quid]] aliud declarant, [[nisi]] hominibus ea, quae futura sunt, ostendi, monstrari, portendi, praedici? ex quo [[illa]] ostenta, monstra, portenta, prodigia dicuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7; cf. id. Div. 1, 42, 93; id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108; Suet. Caes. 32.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., a [[wondrous]] [[thing]], [[prodigy]]: scis Appium ostenta facere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4: ostenti [[prorsus]] [[genus]], Just. 10, 1, 6.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ostendō</b>,⁶ tendī, tentum ([[poster]]<sup>t</sup> tēnsum), ĕre (obs, [[tendo]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> tendre en avant : [[manus]] Pl. Epid. 683, tendre les mains en avant<br /><b>2</b> présenter, exhiber, exposer, montrer : [[ager]] [[ostentus]] [[soli]] [[Cato]] Agr. 6, 2, champ exposé au soleil ; Aquiloni glebas Virg. G. 2, 261, exposer les mottes de terre à l’Aquilon &#124;&#124; os suum [[populo]] Romano Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, montrer sa figure au peuple romain ; equites [[sese]] ostendunt Cæs. C. 1, 63, 3, les cavaliers font leur apparition &#124;&#124; [milit.] [[post]] [[tergum]] hostium legionem ostendere Cæs. G. 7, 62, 5, faire apparaître une légion sur les derrières de l’ennemi [faire une démonstration au moyen d’une légion]<br /><b>3</b> mettre en avant : <b> a)</b> faire voir [comme perspective] : spem, metum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 75, mettre en avant l’espérance, la crainte ; <b> b)</b> opposer : quædam [[mihi]] præclara [[ejus]] [[defensio]] ostenditur Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, on m’oppose pour le défendre un système admirable ; <b> c)</b> [avec prop. inf.] montrer que, faire comprendre que, signifier que, laisser voir que : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 102 ; Fl. 86 ; Phil. 2, 80 ; [[palma]]... exstitisse ostendebatur Cæs. C. 3, 105, 6, on montrait qu’un palmier avait surgi..., cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 54 ; [avec interr. ind.] [[quid]] fieri velit, ostendit Cæs. G. 5, 2, 3, il signifie ses volontés. part. fut. ostenturus [[Cato]] Orat. 52, 2 ; part. pf. [[ostentus]] Pacuv. 238 ; Acc. Tr. 253 ; Ter. Phorm. 826 ; [[Cato]] Agr. 6, 2 ; [[Varro]] R. 1, 24, 1 &#124;&#124; ostensurus Suet. [[Nero]] 13 ; [[ostensus]] Luc. 2, 192.||os suum [[populo]] Romano Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, montrer sa figure au peuple romain ; equites [[sese]] ostendunt Cæs. C. 1, 63, 3, les cavaliers font leur apparition||[milit.] [[post]] [[tergum]] hostium legionem ostendere Cæs. G. 7, 62, 5, faire apparaître une légion sur les derrières de l’ennemi [faire une démonstration au moyen d’une légion]<br /><b>3</b> mettre en avant : <b> a)</b> faire voir [comme perspective] : spem, metum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 75, mettre en avant l’espérance, la crainte ; <b> b)</b> opposer : quædam [[mihi]] præclara [[ejus]] [[defensio]] ostenditur Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, on m’oppose pour le défendre un système admirable ; <b> c)</b> [avec prop. inf.] montrer que, faire comprendre que, signifier que, laisser voir que : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 102 ; Fl. 86 ; Phil. 2, 80 ; [[palma]]... exstitisse ostendebatur Cæs. C. 3, 105, 6, on montrait qu’un palmier avait surgi..., cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 54 ; [avec interr. ind.] [[quid]] fieri velit, ostendit Cæs. G. 5, 2, 3, il signifie ses volontés. part. fut. ostenturus [[Cato]] Orat. 52, 2 ; part. pf. [[ostentus]] Pacuv. 238 ; Acc. Tr. 253 ; Ter. Phorm. 826 ; [[Cato]] Agr. 6, 2 ; [[Varro]] R. 1, 24, 1||ostensurus Suet. [[Nero]] 13 ; [[ostensus]] Luc. 2, 192.
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{{Georges
|georg=ostendo, tendī, tentum u. [[später]] tēnsum, ere (obs u. [[tendo]]), entgegenstrecken, -[[halten]], I) eig.: A) im allg.: [[ostendo]] [[manus]], Plaut. Epid. 683. – B) insbes.: 1) [[aussetzen]], supinatas aquiloni glaebas, Verg.: lucos Phoebo, Stat.: catulos canesque maritas [[tepido]] [[soli]], [[Nemes]].: im [[Passiv]], [[ager]], [[qui]] [[soli]] [[ostentus]] erit, [[Cato]]: [[locus]] [[ostentus]] [[soli]], [[Cato]]. – 2) den Blicken [[darbieten]], [[zeigen]], [[sehen]] [[lassen]], os suum [[populo]], so alci, Cic.: dentem [[medico]], Suet. – u. [[als]] milit. t. t. = um den [[Feind]] zu [[schrecken]] od. zu [[täuschen]], [[Truppen]] usw. [[sehen]] [[lassen]], [[zeigen]], ad terrorem hostium aciem, Liv.: pedestres copias, Caes.: ab ea parte oppugnationem, [[einen]] [[Scheinangriff]] ([[auf]] die [[Stadt]]) [[machen]], Liv.: u. refl., se, Caes., Sall. u.a. – 3) dem [[Gehör]] entgegenhalten, [[zeigen]] = [[vernehmen]]-, [[hören]] [[lassen]], vocem, Phaedr. 1, 13, 9. – II) übtr.: A) im allg.: loci anquirentibus [[nobis]] ostendunt se et occurrunt, [[zeigen]] [[sich]], [[bieten]] [[sich]] dar, Cic. – B) insbes.: 1) entgegenhalten, [[vorhalten]], a) = [[vor]] Augen [[halten]] ([[als]] [[etwas]] zu Erwartendes), in [[Aussicht]] [[stellen]], die [[Aussicht]] [[auf]] [[etwas]] [[zeigen]], tum spem, tum metum, Cic.: laudem strenuis, [[solacium]] invalidis, [[exemplum]] omnibus ostendere, Tac.: spem auxilii, Vell.: alci spem falsam, [[vorspiegeln]], Cic.: laboranti certum [[subsidium]], Cic.: [[munus]], Cic.: dah. ostenditur [[spes]] alcis [[rei]], es zeigt [[sich]] die [[Aussicht]], die [[Hoffnung]] [[auf]] [[etwas]], Ter. u.a.: [[ebenso]] bl. ostenditur alqd (zB. [[victoria]], [[triumphus]]), Liv. – b) einwendend entgegenhalten, entgegenstellen, quaedam [[mihi]] magnifica et praeclara [[eius]] [[defensio]] ([[Verteidigungsgrund]]) ostenditur, Cic. Verr. 5, 1. § 1. – 2) [[zeigen]], an den [[Tag]] [[legen]], -[[geben]], a) [[offenbaren]], se alci inimicum, Nep.: se acrem et [[severum]] ducem, Suet.: potestatem suam in alqm, Ter.: peccata in alqa re, Ter.: virtutem, Sall.: [[vires]] suas in alqo, Sen. rhet. – u. [[drohend]], virum me natam vellem: [[ego]] ostenderem, wollte [[zeigen]] ([[was]] [[ich]] vermöchte u. dgl.), Ter. – b) [[zeigen]], [[bemerkbar]] [[machen]], [[darstellen]], [[darlegen]], [[eröffnen]], [[veranschaulichen]], [[erklären]], zu [[verstehen]] [[geben]], [[andeuten]], [[kundtun]], alci sententiam suam, Ter.: [[quod]] epistulis [[eius]] ostenditur, Suet.: ostendi [[hoc]] ex epigrammate, Gell. – m. dopp. Acc., alqm nocentem, Plin. ep. 3, 9, 12: im [[Passiv]] m. dopp. Nom., quibus verbis [[Philippus]] ostenditur [[non]] corporis dehonestamento [[laetus]], [[sed]] etc., Tit. Castric. [[bei]] Gell. 2, 27, 5. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., te plura in [[hac]] re peccare ostendam, Ter.: [[nihil]] [[sibi]] gratius ostendit futurum ([[esse]]), Cic.: [[tanti]] [[eius]] [[apud]] se gratiam [[esse]] ostendit, [[uti]] (daß) etc., Caes.: ostendit se cum [[rege]] colloqui [[velle]], Nep.: im [[Passiv]] m. folg. Nom. u. Infin., [[signum]] est, per [[quod]] ostenditur idonea perficiendi [[facultas]] [[esse]] quaesita, Cornif. rhet. 2, 6; u. so Cic. de inv. 2, 54. Caes. b. c. 3, 105, 5. Apul. apol. 102. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, [[quid]] [[sui]] consilii sit ostendit, Caes.: [[quid]] fieri velit (vellet) ostendit, er gibt (erteilt) Verhaltungsbefehle, Caes. (s. Kraner Caes. b. G. 5, 2, 3). – m. de u. Abl., de his partibus [[primum]] ostendendum est, [[wir]] [[müssen]] [[uns]] [[zuerst]] [[über]] diese Teile [[erklären]], Cornif. rhet. 2, 23. – absol., [[sed]] [[aliter]] [[atque]] ostenderam [[facio]], Cic.: [[uti]] [[supra]] ostendimus ([[als]] [[Parenthese]]), Nep.: [[ebenso]] ut ostendimus [[supra]], Nep. – / [[Fut]]. act. ostende = ostendam, [[Fest]]. 201, 23. – Partic. [[Fut]]. ostenturus, [[Cato]] orat. 52. fr. 2; [[später]] ostensurus, Apul. fr. b. Prisc. 10, 28: Partic. Perf. [[ostentus]], Pacuv. tr. 238. Acc. tr. 253. Acc. tr. [[Brut]]. 34. Ter. Phorm. 825. [[Cato]] r. r. 6. § 2 u. 4. [[Varro]] r. r. 1, 24, 1 u. 25; [[später]] [[ostensus]], Lucan. 2, 192. Stat. Ach. 2, 53 (1, 727). Apul. de mund. 3 u. apol. 44. Ulp. dig. 16, 3, 1. § 41 u. Spät.
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