ostentator
English
Alternative forms
- ostentatour (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
Noun
ostentator (plural ostentators)
- (archaic) a boaster, ostentatious person
- 1602, Theorremωn: Or, the Ancient and Most Comfortable Golden-mouth'd Father St. Chrysostome ... Treating on Severall Places of Holy Scripture: Selected and Translated Faithfully ... by J. Willoughbie, page 156:
- […] to bee an ostentatour of mine eloquenice.
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ostentātor | ostentātōrēs |
| Genitive | ostentātōris | ostentātōrum |
| Dative | ostentātōrī | ostentātōribus |
| Accusative | ostentātōrem | ostentātōrēs |
| Ablative | ostentātōre | ostentātōribus |
| Vocative | ostentātor | ostentātōrēs |
References
- “ostentator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ostentator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ostentator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.