† ovantadj.

Forms: 1500s ouant, 1600s ovant.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ovant-, ovāns, ovāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin ovant-, ovāns, present participle of ovāre to celebrate an ovation, probably < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek εὐάζειν to rejoice, εὐοῖ , cry of exultation (see evoe int.). Compare Italian ovante (14th cent.). Compare earlier oval adj.¹ and slightly later ovatic adj.¹

Obsolete.

Celebrating an ovation; triumphing in or as in an ovation; of the nature of an ovation.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > celebrating victory

triumphal1430

oval?a1439

triumphant1531

triumphous1546

ovant1598

ovatic1606

epinician1652

ovarya1682

epinicial1774

ovational1868

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. ii. 66 The Senators had decreed, that for..exploits done the sommer past, he should enter the citie, ouant, or with a small triumph.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. xliii. 166 A Generall was said to enter Ovant into the citie, when ordinarily without his armie following him, he went on foot, or rode on horsebacke only, and the people in their Acclamations for joy, redoubled Ohe, or Oho.

1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes E xij b [In a horse-race] the forerunner is receiv'd ovant, with great acclamations of joy.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila vi. v. 82 These ovant Souls, Knights of Saint Vincent are, For high Atchievements gain'd.

a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 161 Whatsoever stuff or provisions Suetonius Paullinus..might design for a triumphal, or an ovant shew at Rome.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ovant
释义	† ovantadj. Forms: 1500s ouant, 1600s ovant. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ovant-, ovāns, ovāre. Etymology: < classical Latin ovant-, ovāns, present participle of ovāre to celebrate an ovation, probably < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek εὐάζειν to rejoice, εὐοῖ , cry of exultation (see evoe int.). Compare Italian ovante (14th cent.). Compare earlier oval adj.¹ and slightly later ovatic adj.¹ Obsolete. Celebrating an ovation; triumphing in or as in an ovation; of the nature of an ovation. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > celebrating victory triumphal1430 oval?a1439 triumphant1531 triumphous1546 ovant1598 ovatic1606 epinician1652 ovarya1682 epinicial1774 ovational1868 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. ii. 66 The Senators had decreed, that for..exploits done the sommer past, he should enter the citie, ouant, or with a small triumph. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. xliii. 166 A Generall was said to enter Ovant into the citie, when ordinarily without his armie following him, he went on foot, or rode on horsebacke only, and the people in their Acclamations for joy, redoubled Ohe, or Oho. 1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes E xij b [In a horse-race] the forerunner is receiv'd ovant, with great acclamations of joy. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila vi. v. 82 These ovant Souls, Knights of Saint Vincent are, For high Atchievements gain'd. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 161 Whatsoever stuff or provisions Suetonius Paullinus..might design for a triumphal, or an ovant shew at Rome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1598
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