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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.