Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, O , ōtĭōsus , ŏvātĭo

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I.an ovation, i. e. a lesser triumph, in which the general, after an easy, bloodless victory, or after a victory over slaves, made his public entrance into the city, not in a chariot, as in the greater triumph, but simply on horseback or on foot. The token of a bloodless victory was a wreath of myrtle around his brows; cf. Fest. p. 195 Müll.; Gell. 5, 6, 20; Plin. 15, 29, 38, § 125: “fuit de servis ovatione contentus,” Flor. 3, 19, 8.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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