ostento: all forms
ostento means “show off, display; hold out, offer”. Below is its full conjugation in Latin.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ostento | ostentem | |
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| 2nd singular | ostentas | ostentes | ostenta |
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| 3rd singular | ostentat | ostentet | |
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| 1st plural | ostentamus | ostentemus | |
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| 2nd plural | ostentatis | ostentetis | ostentate |
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| 3rd plural | ostentant | ostentent | |
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Present passive
Present passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ostentor | ostenter | |
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| 2nd singular | ostentaris | ostentere · ostenteris | ostentare |
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| 3rd singular | ostentatur | ostentetur | |
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| 1st plural | ostentamur | ostentemur | |
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| 2nd plural | ostentamini | ostentemini | ostentamini |
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| 3rd plural | ostentantur | ostententur | |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | ostentabam | ostentarem |
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| 2nd singular | ostentabas | ostentares |
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| 3rd singular | ostentabat | ostentaret |
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| 1st plural | ostentabamus | ostentaremus |
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| 2nd plural | ostentabatis | ostentaretis |
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| 3rd plural | ostentabant | ostentarent |
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Imperfect passive
Imperfect passive | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | ostentabar | ostentarer |
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| 2nd singular | ostentabare · ostentabaris | ostentarere · ostentareris |
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| 3rd singular | ostentabatur | ostentaretur |
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| 1st plural | ostentabamur | ostentaremur |
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| 2nd plural | ostentabamini | ostentaremini |
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| 3rd plural | ostentabantur | ostentarentur |
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Future active
Future active | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ostentabo | |
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| 2nd singular | ostentabis | ostentato |
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| 3rd singular | ostentabit | ostentato |
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| 1st plural | ostentabimus | |
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| 2nd plural | ostentabitis | ostentatote |
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| 3rd plural | ostentabunt | ostentanto |
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Future passive
Future passive | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ostentabor | |
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| 2nd singular | ostentabere · ostentaberis | ostentator |
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| 3rd singular | ostentabitur | ostentator |
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| 1st plural | ostentabimur | |
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| 2nd plural | ostentabimini | |
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| 3rd plural | ostentabuntur | ostentantor |
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Perfect active
Perfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | ostentavi | ostentaverim |
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| 2nd singular | ostentavisti | ostentaveris |
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| 3rd singular | ostentavit | ostentaverit |
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| 1st plural | ostentavimus | ostentaverimus |
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| 2nd plural | ostentavistis | ostentaveritis |
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| 3rd plural | ostentavere · ostentaverunt | ostentaverint |
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Pluperfect active
Pluperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | ostentaveram | ostentavissem |
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| 2nd singular | ostentaveras | ostentavisses |
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| 3rd singular | ostentaverat | ostentavisset |
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| 1st plural | ostentaveramus | ostentavissemus |
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| 2nd plural | ostentaveratis | ostentavissetis |
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| 3rd plural | ostentaverant | ostentavissent |
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Future perfect active
Future perfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ostentavero |
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| 2nd singular | ostentaveris |
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| 3rd singular | ostentaverit |
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| 1st plural | ostentaverimus |
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| 2nd plural | ostentaveritis |
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| 3rd plural | ostentaverint |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Passive |
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| Present | ostentare | ostentari |
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| Perfect | ostentavisse | |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | | ostentans |
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| Genitive | | ostentantis |
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| Dative | | ostentanti |
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| Accusative | ostentans | ostentantem |
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| Ablative | | ostentante · ostentanti |
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| Vocative | | ostentans |
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Present active participle, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ostentantia | ostentantes |
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| Genitive | | ostentantum · ostentantium |
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| Dative | | ostentantibus |
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| Accusative | ostentantia | ostentantes |
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| Ablative | | ostentantibus |
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| Vocative | ostentantia | ostentantes |
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Future active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ostentaturus | ostentatura | ostentaturum | |
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| Genitive | ostentaturi | ostentaturae | ostentaturi | |
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| Dative | ostentaturo | ostentaturae | ostentaturo | |
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| Accusative | ostentaturum | ostentaturam | ostentaturum | |
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| Ablative | ostentaturo | ostentatura | ostentaturo | |
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| Vocative | ostentature | ostentatura | ostentaturum | |
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Future active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ostentaturi | ostentaturae | ostentatura | |
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| Genitive | ostentaturorum | ostentaturarum | ostentaturorum | |
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| Dative | | | | ostentaturis |
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| Accusative | ostentaturos | ostentaturas | ostentatura | |
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| Ablative | | | | ostentaturis |
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| Vocative | ostentaturi | ostentaturae | ostentatura | |
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Perfect passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ostentatus | ostentata | ostentatum | |
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| Genitive | ostentati | ostentatae | ostentati | |
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| Dative | ostentato | ostentatae | ostentato | |
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| Accusative | ostentatum | ostentatam | ostentatum | |
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| Ablative | ostentato | ostentata | ostentato | |
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| Vocative | ostentate | ostentata | ostentatum | |
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Perfect passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ostentati | ostentatae | ostentata | |
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| Genitive | ostentatorum | ostentatarum | ostentatorum | |
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| Dative | | | | ostentatis |
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| Accusative | ostentatos | ostentatas | ostentata | |
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| Ablative | | | | ostentatis |
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| Vocative | ostentati | ostentatae | ostentata | |
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Gerund, gerundive and supine
Gerundive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ostentandus | ostentanda | ostentandum | |
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| Genitive | ostentandi | ostentandae | ostentandi | |
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| Dative | ostentando | ostentandae | ostentando | |
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| Accusative | ostentandum | ostentandam | ostentandum | |
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| Ablative | ostentando | ostentanda | ostentando | |
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| Vocative | ostentande | ostentanda | ostentandum | |
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Gerundive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ostentandi | ostentandae | ostentanda | |
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| Genitive | ostentandorum | ostentandarum | ostentandorum | |
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| Dative | | | | ostentandis |
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| Accusative | ostentandos | ostentandas | ostentanda | |
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| Ablative | | | | ostentandis |
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| Vocative | ostentandi | ostentandae | ostentanda | |
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Supine | Forms |
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| Accusative | ostentatum |
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| Ablative | ostentatu |
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Meaning and examples of ostento
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.