ovatio

Latin

Etymology

From ovō ‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈu̯aː.ti.oː/, [oˈu̯äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈvat.t͡si.o/, [oˈvät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

ovātiō f (genitive ovātiōnis); third declension

1. a minor triumph.
2. an ovation, jubilation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ovātiō	ovātiōnēs
genitive	ovātiōnis	ovātiōnum
dative	ovātiōnī	ovātiōnibus
accusative	ovātiōnem	ovātiōnēs
ablative	ovātiōne	ovātiōnibus
vocative	ovātiō	ovātiōnēs

Descendants

• → French: ovation (learned)
• → English: ovation (learned)
• → Italian: ovazione (learned)
• → Portuguese: ovação (learned)
• → Spanish: ovación (learned)

References

• “ŏvātĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ŏvātĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1098.
• ovātio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung