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ŏvo , ātum (
I.first pers. pres. indic. and perf. forms not in use: “ovet,Stat. Sil. 4, 1, 8: “ovaret,id. Th. 1, 153: “ovandi,Suet. Claud. 1; Gell. 5, 6: “ovaturus,Sol. 45), 1, v. defect. n. [cf. Sanscr. root u-, avate, to roar; Gr. αὔω, ἀϝυω, to shout], to exult, rejoice.
I. In gen. (mostly poet.): “ovantes Horatium accipiunt,Liv. 1, 25: “laetus ovat nunc laude virum,Val. Fl. 4, 342.—Of inanim. subjects: “currus ovantes,Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 53: “ovat Africus,rages, Val. Fl. 2, 506.—
II. In partic., to celebrate or keep an ovation, to triumph in an ovation (v. ovatio; “freq. and class.): ovantem in Capitolium ascendere,Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 195: “ovans urbem ingrederetur,Liv. 5, 31: “ovans triumphavit,made his triumphal entry on foot, Vell. 2, 96, 3; Suet. Tib. 9: “ovatum aurum,brought in in triumph, taken as spoil, Pers. 2, 55. —Hence, P. a.: ŏvans , antis, exulting, joyful, triumphant: “socii comitentur ovantes,Verg. G. 1, 346; cf.: “ovantes gutture corvi,” i. e. singing, uttering exultant cries, id. ib. 1, 423; id. A. 3, 189; 4, 543.—Transf., of things: “prosequar et currus utroque ab litore ovantes,Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 53: “lyra,Stat. S. 1, 2, 249: “patria,Juv. 8, 28.—Hence, ŏvanter , adv., exultingly (post-class.): “ovanter accurrit,Tert. adv. Val. 28.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.189
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.346
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 1
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 9
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.47
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 25
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 2.506
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.342
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.6
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.7
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.9
    • Persius, Saturae, 2
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.2
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