(adverb) : ŏvo, ātum (
* 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.
* 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.
* 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, , exultingly (post-class.): ovanter accurrit,Tert. adv. Val. 28.

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