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o·va·tion (ō-vā'shən)  |
[Latin ovātiō, ovātiōn-, a Roman victory ceremony, from ovātus, past participle of ovāre, to rejoice.]
ovational o·va'tion·al adj.| Thesaurus: ovation |
| Antonyms: ovation |
Definition: clapping and cheers
Antonyms: silence
| Devil's Dictionary: ovation |
n.
n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation. A lesser "triumph." In modern English the word is improperly used to signify any loose and spontaneous expression of popular homage to the hero of the hour and place.
"I had an ovation!" the actor man said,
But I thought it uncommonly queer,
That people and critics by him had been led
By the ear.
The Latin lexicon makes his absurd
Assertion as plain as a peg;
In "ovum" we find the true root of the word.
It means egg.
Dudley Spink
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The ovation (Latin: ovatio) was a lower form of the Roman triumph. Ovations were granted, when war was not declared between enemies on the level of states, when an enemy was considered basely inferior (slaves, pirates) or when the general conflict was resolved with little to no bloodshed or danger to the army itself.
The general celebrating the ovation did not enter the city on a biga (a chariot) pulled by two white horses, as generals celebrating triumphs did, but instead walked in the toga praetexta of a magistrate (a toga with a purple stripe, unlike generals in triumphs, who wore the toga picta that was totally purple and adorned with gold embroidery).
The honoured general also wore a wreath of myrtle (sacred to Venus) upon his brow, rather than the triumphal wreath of laurel. The Roman Senate did not precede the general, nor did soldiers usually participate in the procession.
Perhaps the most famous ovation in history is that which Marcus Licinius Crassus celebrated after his victory of the Third Servile War.
Republic There were 23 ovations during the Republic[1].
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| Translations: Ovation |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - ovation, hyldest
Français (French)
n. - ovation
Deutsch (German)
n. - Ovation, begeisterter Beifall
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επευφημία
Italiano (Italian)
ovazione, applauso
Português (Portuguese)
n. - ovação (f), aclamação pública
Русский (Russian)
овация, чествование
Español (Spanish)
n. - ovación
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ovation, livlig hyllning
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
热烈欢迎, 大受欢迎, 大喝采
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 熱烈歡迎, 大受歡迎, 大喝采
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대인기, 로마의 소개 선식
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大かっさい, 熱烈な歓迎
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ترحيب حماسي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תשואות, מחיאות כפיים
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