ostentatious Copy link Outline 1. strictly, of persons only, ostentātor, f. -trix (cf. L. G. § 598)2. glōriōsus (boastful, vain-glorious)3. jactans (bragging, boastful)4. ambĭtiōsus (showy, characterised by display or love of it) • ostentatious: 1. strictly, of persons only, ostentātor, f. -trix (cf. L. G. § 598): an o. rich man, o. pecuniae (al. pecuniosus), Auct. Her. 4, 50, init.: so, o. factorum, Liv. 1, 10, med. Fig., of a mental quality: an o. continence, [superba et] veluti sui ostentatrix continentia, Macr. Sat. 7, 4, init. 2. glōriōsus (boastful, vain-glorious): Cic.: Suet. 3. jactans (bragging, boastful): Hor.: Plin. min. In same sense, jactator: Quint. 4. ambĭtiōsus (showy, characterised by display or love of it): late in this sense: an o. death, a. mors, Tac. Agr. 42, extr.: to prefer what is useful to what is o., ambitiosis utilia praeferre, Quint. 1, 2, 27. Phr.: I fear it will look like o., *vereor ne speciem venditationis ostentationisque speciem ferat: or perh. vereor ne putidum sit: cf. Cic. Att. 1, 14, init.: or expr. by se ostentare, venditare: v. to boast, display.