LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

vendĭtātĭo

Meaning

  1. a specious display

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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.

vendĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. vendito, an offering for sale; hence, trop.,
I. a specious display, a boasting, vaunting, blazoning: quin etiam mihi quidem laudabiliora videntur omnia, quae sine venditatione et sine populo teste fiunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64: venditatio atque ostentatio, id. Lael. 23, 86: ostentatio artis et portentosa scientiae venditatio, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 25.

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What does vendĭtātĭo mean in Latin?
vendĭtātĭo, a noun, means “a specious display”.