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1 ostentātiō
ostentātiō ōnis, f [ostento], a showing, exhibition, display: ostentationis causā vagari, to attract notice, Cs.: saevitiae, open display, L.—An idle show, vain display, pomp, parade, ostentation: ingeni ostentationis suspicio: sui, Cs.: multorum annorum ostentationes mea, my many years' boastful promises.—A false show, pretence, simulation, deception: consul veritate, non ostentatione popularis: (captivi) producti ostentationis causā, Cs.* * *exhibition, display; showing off -
2 ostentatio
ostentātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].I.In gen., a showing, exhibition, display (very rare). in armorum magis quam togarum ostentatione, Plin. Pan. 56 fin.:II.cognomen Imperiosi... ab ostentatione saevitiae ascitum,
from an open display, Liv. 7, 4.—In partic.A.An idle show, vain display, pomp, parade, ostentation (the predom. signif. of the word):B.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.—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.
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