ŏvo — Lewis & Short
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. au)/w, a)vuw, 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.