ostento

ostentō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.

ostendo, to present to view, show, exhibit : cicatricīs suas, T.: iugula sua pro meo capite Clodio, offer : campos nitentīs, V.: passum capillum, Cs.— To show off, exhibit, display, parade, make a display of, boast, vaunt : virtutem, S.: inani simulatione sese, Cs.: quid me ostentem?: eum ipsum aliis, S.: se in aliis rebus, exhibit themselves.—To hold up (as an example): Tydiden nobis, O.— To hold out, offer, proffer, promise : (largitio) verbis ostentari potest: praemia, S.— To hold out, threaten, menace : caedem, servitutem: minas, L.— To show, signify, disclose : tibi me istis esse familiarem.