show off (v.) Copy link Outline 1. ostendo, di, sum and tum, 32. perh. vendĭto, 1 (to cry up, make the most of) • show off (v.): 1. ostendo, di, sum and tum, 3: but while he is anxious to s. off his voice, at ille dum vult vocem o., Phaedr. 1, 12, 9: he s.s off his broad shoulders, ostendit humeros latos, Virg. Aen. 5, 376. Frequent.: ostento, 1: why should I s. myself off? quid me ostentem? Cic. Fam. 1, 4, fin.: to s. themselves off in other things, se in aliis rebus o., id. Coel. 28, 67. 2. perh. vendĭto, 1 (to cry up, make the most of): Cic.: Liv. (v. Lat. Dict. s. v.).