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|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.
|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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|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 || 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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ostendo: 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:
I 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).
I Lit.
   A In gen.
   1    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. —
   2    Transf.: vocem, to make heard, Phaedr. 1, 13, 9.—
   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. —
II Trop.
   A 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.—
   B In partic.
   1    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.—
   2    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.
   A Exposed (ante-class.): ager soli ostentus, Cato, R. R. 6, 2; so id. ib. 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; 1, 25.—
   B Subst.: ostentum, i, n.
   1    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.—
   2    Transf., a wondrous thing, prodigy: scis Appium ostenta facere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4: ostenti prorsus genus, Just. 10, 1, 6.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ostendō,⁶ tendī, tentum (postert tēnsum), ĕre (obs, tendo), tr.,
1 tendre en avant : manus Pl. Epid. 683, tendre les mains en avant
2 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