ostentatio Latin · revision 31871

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *ten-d(ʰ)-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ostentātiō''' ''f'' (genitive ostentātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ostentō|-tiō|t1=to show, display]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|ostentō]] is a frequentative of [[m|la|ostendō|t=to show]], made from its past participle;^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|ostendō]] belongs to [[m|la|tendō|t=to stretch]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*tend-]] and [[ine-pro|*ten-d(ʰ)-|t=to stretch]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL and Köbler record it first in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and Cicero;^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) Cicero says Cluentius was not moved by any wish for display or glory.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the act of showing, a display or exhibition, as Sallust's stages built to show off actors, and of qualities a manifestation.^(OLD 2012) Most often it is ostentatious display or showing off, and also boasting, as Cicero's “where is that grand and glorious boasting of the city?”^(OLD 2012) It is also mere outward show, as Cicero's consul popular in truth, not in show.^(OLD 2012) Livy says the surname Imperiosus came from a display of cruelty.^(Lewis & Short 1879) English [[m|en|ostentation]] was borrowed in the mid-15th century, from Old French and directly from the Latin word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – Recorded in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of display, boasting and outward show.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of stages built to show off actors.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a display of cruelty.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|ostentation]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A showing, display, [[m|en|exhibition]]; manifestation of a quality.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|ostentation|alt=Ostentation]], showing off; boasting, a boast.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Outward show, mere appearance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ostento|alt=ostentō]]

+ * [[ostendo|alt=ostendō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}