LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ovātiō

ovātiō f (genitive ovātiōnis)
Classical[ɔˈwaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[oˈvat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a minor triumph
  2. an ovation, jubilation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeovātiōovātiōnēs
genitiveovātiōnisovātiōnum
dativeovātiōnīovātiōnibus
accusativeovātiōnemovātiōnēs
ablativeovātiōneovātiōnibus
vocativeovātiōovātiōnēs

ŏvātĭo, ōnis, f. ovo,
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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ovātiō From ovō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Frenchovation
  • Englishovation
  • Italianovazione
  • Portugueseovação
  • Spanishovación

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesOvatioOvatio a lesser triumph; the terms applied by the Greek writers on Roman history are πεζὸς θρίαμβος, εὐαστὴς or εὔας θρίαμβος. It was distinguished fr…

Quick answers

What does ovātiō mean in Latin?
ovātiō, a noun, means “a minor triumph; an ovation, jubilation”.
What is the genitive of ovātiō?
The genitive singular is ovātiōnis. ovātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce ovātiō?
In classical Latin, [ɔˈwaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [oˈvat.t͡si.o].