ab ovoadv.

Brit.

/ˌab ˈəʊvəʊ/, U.S.

/æb ˈoʊˌvoʊ/

Forms: 1500s ab ouo, 1600s– ab ovo.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ab ōvō.

Etymology: < classical Latin ab ōvō, literally ‘from the egg’ < ab from (see ab- prefix) + ōvō , ablative of ōvum ovum n. Compare Horace Satires 1. 3. 6 ab ovo usque ad mala ‘from the egg to the apples’, alluding to the Roman custom of beginning a meal with eggs and ending it with apples; and Horace Ars Poetica 147 nec gemino bellum Troianum orditur ab ovo ‘nor does he trace the rise of the Trojan War from the twin egg’, in allusion to the twin egg from which Helen of Troy was born. Compare French ab ovo (c1610).

From the very beginning. Cf. ab initio adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > at the beginning [phrase] > from the beginning

from first to last1536

ab origine1537

ab ovoa1586

ab initio1600

from the word go1834

from the jump1848

from the get-go1960

from (also since) day dot1964

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K1^v If they [sc. dramatic poets] wil represent an history, they must not (as Horace saith) beginne Ab ouo: but they must come to the principall poynt of that one action, which they wil represent.

1623 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) II. 389 I spoke with one yesterday, that on Tuesday heard the king relate the whole story, ab ovo, from point to point, with great contentment.

1665 R. Moray Let. 16 Sept. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) II. 507 Since my last I have begun anew the History of Masonry ab ovo.

1711 B. Mandeville Treat. Hypochondriack & Hysterick Passions 3 That you may be the better acquainted with my Distemper, I'll begin with you ab ovo, and give you as short an account as I can.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. iv. 10 I am able to go on tracing every thing in it [sc. the history of my life], as Horace says, ab Ovo.

1862 W. M. Thackeray Philip I. i. 11 Shall we begin ab ovo, sir?

c1879 W. James in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 480 Cognition would have to be evolved again almost ab ovo.

1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 12 Is it possible that we are so absolutely, so innocently, so ab ovo ridiculous?

1998 T. C. Boyle Riven Rock 170 And he was, Samuel, a great hope, a great man ab ovo, his father in miniature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ab ovo
释义	ab ovoadv. Brit. /ˌab ˈəʊvəʊ/, U.S. /æb ˈoʊˌvoʊ/ Forms: 1500s ab ouo, 1600s– ab ovo. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ab ōvō. Etymology: < classical Latin ab ōvō, literally ‘from the egg’ < ab from (see ab- prefix) + ōvō , ablative of ōvum ovum n. Compare Horace Satires 1. 3. 6 ab ovo usque ad mala ‘from the egg to the apples’, alluding to the Roman custom of beginning a meal with eggs and ending it with apples; and Horace Ars Poetica 147 nec gemino bellum Troianum orditur ab ovo ‘nor does he trace the rise of the Trojan War from the twin egg’, in allusion to the twin egg from which Helen of Troy was born. Compare French ab ovo (c1610). From the very beginning. Cf. ab initio adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > at the beginning [phrase] > from the beginning from first to last1536 ab origine1537 ab ovoa1586 ab initio1600 from the word go1834 from the jump1848 from the get-go1960 from (also since) day dot1964 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K1^v If they [sc. dramatic poets] wil represent an history, they must not (as Horace saith) beginne Ab ouo: but they must come to the principall poynt of that one action, which they wil represent. 1623 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) II. 389 I spoke with one yesterday, that on Tuesday heard the king relate the whole story, ab ovo, from point to point, with great contentment. 1665 R. Moray Let. 16 Sept. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) II. 507 Since my last I have begun anew the History of Masonry ab ovo. 1711 B. Mandeville Treat. Hypochondriack & Hysterick Passions 3 That you may be the better acquainted with my Distemper, I'll begin with you ab ovo, and give you as short an account as I can. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. iv. 10 I am able to go on tracing every thing in it [sc. the history of my life], as Horace says, ab Ovo. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Philip I. i. 11 Shall we begin ab ovo, sir? c1879 W. James in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 480 Cognition would have to be evolved again almost ab ovo. 1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 12 Is it possible that we are so absolutely, so innocently, so ab ovo ridiculous? 1998 T. C. Boyle Riven Rock 170 And he was, Samuel, a great hope, a great man ab ovo, his father in miniature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1586
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