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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• ostentatious:
      1. 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. 2. glōriōsus (boastful, vain-glorious): Cic.: Suet.
      3. 3. jactans (bragging, boastful): Hor.: Plin. min. In same sense, jactator: Quint.
      4. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• OSTENTATIOUS
gloriosus (of persons and of things; e.g., a letter): vanus (empty; of persons; then of empty things which have a fair appearance): vaniloquus. An ostentatious display of learning, doctrinae suae venditatio quaedam atque ostentatio; (of one’s art and skill), ostentatio artis et portentosa scientiae venditatio (of quackery, Plin., 29, 1, 8, 25).