English → Latin
“ostentatious” in Latin
glōriōsusglorious, full of glory; famous, renowned; boasting, boastful, haughty, conceited, proud, eager for gloryvānusvain, empty, vacant, void; unsubstantial; groundless, baseless, meaningless, pointless, worthless, ineffectual, mindlessvāniloquuslying; boastful, bragging, vaunting
The English word ostentatious itself goes back to Latin ostentō, through ostentātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ostentatious
gloriosus (of persons and of things; e.g., a letter): vanus (empty; of persons; then of empty things which have a fair appearance): vaniloquus. An ostentatious display of learning, doctrinae suae venditatio quaedam atque ostentatio; (of one’s art and skill), ostentatio artis et portentosa scientiae venditatio (of quackery, Plin., 29, 1, 8, 25).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ostentatious?
- The usual Latin words for “ostentatious” are glōriōsus, vānus, vāniloquus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.