ostentum

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Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε θηρίον θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

Aristotle, Politics, 1253a25

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ostentum: i, n., v. ostendo.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ostentum,¹¹ ī, n. (ostendo), tout ce qui sort de l’ordre habituel, et qu’on montre avec étonnement ; prodige : Cic. Nat. 2, 7 ; Div. 1, 93 ; Verr. 2, 4, 108 || [fig.] ostenta facere Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4, faire des choses prodigieuses.