show (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Superficial appearance1. spĕcies, ēi2. ostentātio3. sĭmŭlātioII. A spectacle or sight1. spectācŭlum2. lūdi, orum (public games)3. mūnus, ĕris, n. (as provided gratuitously by the magistrates)III. Display or parade1. ostentātio, ambĭtio2. spĕcies3. appărātus • show (subs.): I. Superficial appearance: 1. spĕcies, ēi: under the s. of bearing help to the Byzantines, per speciem auxilii Byzantiis ferendi, Liv. 39, 35: some s. of virtue, quaedam s. virtutis, Cic. Coel. 6, 14: a few tents being left for s., paucis ad speciem tabernaculis relictis, Caes. B. C. 2, 35. 2. ostentātio: in reality, not in mere outward s., veritate non ostentatione, Cic. Agr. 1, 7: Sen. 3. sĭmŭlātio: v. pretence. II. A spectacle or sight: 1. spectācŭlum: a gladiatorial s., s. gladiatorium, Liv. 39, 42: a s. of wrestlers, s. athletarum, Suet. Aug. 44: a most splendid s., s. apparatissimum, Cic. Phil. 1, 15, 36. 2. lūdi, orum (public games): v. games. 3. mūnus, ĕris, n. (as provided gratuitously by the magistrates): to give a splendid s., magnificum m. dare, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8; praebere, id. Sull. 19; edere (to exhibit), Suet. Tit. 7. III. Display or parade: 1. ostentātio, ambĭtio: v. ostentation. 2. spĕcies: to captivate men by s., homines specie capere, Cic. Brut. 62, 244: to make a s., praebere s., Liv. 34, 52. 3. appărātus: v. pomp, parade. Phr.: dumb s. on the stage, etc., gestus (v. gesticulation): s. of hands (a raising of hands to vote in a public meeting), perh. *manuum sublatio suffragii causa.