LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ostentātiō

ostentātiō f (genitive ostentātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. exhibition, display, showing off

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Jactatio · Gloriatio · Ostentatio · Venditatio

Jactatio and gloriatio have their foundation in vanity and self-complacency; jactatio is making much ado of one’s excellencies and merits, and shows itself in words and actions, with the accessory notion of folly; gloriatio is talking big, proclaiming one’s excellencies and merits, with the accessory notion of insolence; whereas ostentatio and venditatio have their foundation in a crafty calculation of the effect to be produced, and a disregard to truth; ostentatio would conceal real emptiness under a false show; venditatio would, by exaggerating one’s excellencies, pass them off for greater than they are.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeostentātiōostentātiōnēs
genitiveostentātiōnisostentātiōnum
dativeostentātiōnīostentātiōnibus
accusativeostentātiōnemostentātiōnēs
ablativeostentātiōneostentātiōnibus
vocativeostentātiōostentātiōnēs

ostentātĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. In gen., a showing, exhibition, display (very rare). in armorum magis quam togarum ostentatione, Plin. Pan. 56 fin.: cognomen Imperiosi ... ab ostentatione saevitiae ascitum, from an open display, Liv. 7, 4.—
II. In partic.
A. An idle show, vain display, pomp, parade, ostentation (the predom. signif. of the word): vitanda etiam ingenii ostentationis suspicio, Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 333: magnifica et gloriosa, id. Fl. 22, 52: insolens, id. Par. 6, 1, 42: et gloria, id. Rab. Post. 14, 38: inanis et simulatio, id. Off. 2, 12, 43: et venditatio, id. Lael. 23, 86: sui, Caes. B. C. 1, 4.—In plur.: multorum annorum ostentationes meas nunc in discrimen esse adductas, that my many years' boastful promises (of an able administration) are now brought to the test, Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1.—
B. A false, deceitful show, pretence, simulation, deception: consul veritate, non ostentatione popularis, Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 23; cf.: ut in fronte ostentatio sit, intus veritas occultetur, id. Fin. 2, 24, 77: doloris, feigned pain, Sen. Ep. 99, 15: (captivi) producti ostentationis causā, Caes. B. C. 3, 71 fin.: qui latius ostentationis causā vagarentur, id. B. G. 7, 45.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ostentātiō From ostentō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanostentació
  • Englishostentation
  • Frenchostentation
  • GermanOstentation
  • Italianostentazione
  • Portugueseostentação
  • Romanianostentație
  • Spanishostentación

Quick answers

What does ostentātiō mean in Latin?
ostentātiō, a noun, means “exhibition, display, showing off”.
What is the genitive of ostentātiō?
The genitive singular is ostentātiōnis. ostentātiō is feminine, third declension.