ostendo

ostendō dī, tus, ere

obs (old for ob)+tendo, to stretch out, spread before, expose to view, show, point out, exhibit, display : os suum populoR.: se, appear , T.: hostium aciem, display , L.: equites sese ostendunt, show themselves , Cs.: Paucis ostendi gemis, H.: ‘quis Ille locus?’ digitoque ostendit, O.: vocem, make heard , Ph.: Aquilone glaebas, expose , V.: rapinae Caelo ostenduntur, are brought to light , V.—Fig., to show, hold out, disclose, exhibit, manifest : potestatem, T.: tum spem, tum metum, now promise, now threaten : Rem tibi, furnish ideas , H.: palma exstitisse ostendebatur, Cs.: sed quaedam mihi praeclara eius defensio ostenditur, is paraded as.—To show, express, indicate, declare, say, tell, make known : ut ostendimus supra, as we showed above , N.: innocentiam, demonstrate : quem profugisse supra ostendimus, S.: quam sis callidus, T.: quid sui consili sit, ostendit, Cs.