noun
ostentus
Meaning
- a showing
ostentus, ūs, m. ostendo.
I. In gen., a showing, exhibiting, display (not in Cic. or Cæs.):
corpora extra vallum abjecta ostentui, as a public spectacle, Tac. A. 1, 29: atrocitatis, Gell. 20, 1, 48.—II. In partic.
A. Show, parade, external appearance: nova jura Cappadociae dedit bstentui magis, quam mansura, Tac. H. 1, 78.—
B. A sign, proof:
ut Jugurthae scelerum ostentui essem, Sall. J. 24, 9; also a pretence, a sign given to deceive, id. ib. 46, 6: ut ostentui esset, multum vitalis spiritūs egestum, as a proof that, Tac. A. 15, 64; cf.: ostentui clementiae suae, id. ib. 12, 14 fin.: ostentui habere, Vulg. Heb. 6, 11.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ostentus
P. of ostendo.
(ostentus, ūs) m
ostendo, a showing, display, sign, proof: ut Iugurthae scelerum ostentui essem, S.—A pretence: illa deditionis signa ostentui credere, S.