ovo

From Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈovo]

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• Rhymes: -ovo
• Hyphenation: o‧vo

ovo (accusative singular ovon, plural ovoj, accusative plural ovojn)

1. egg

• kirlovaĵo
• ova
• ovaĵo

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.βʊ]

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. egg

   A galiña pón o ovo para proveito da muller.

   The hen lays the egg for the benefit of the woman.

2. quartz stone pivot of a watermill
3. spherical stone used as the lower pivot of the hinge of a traditional gate

• casca
• clara
• xema

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ovo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ovo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ovo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ovo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ovo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Esperanto ovo, French œuf, Italian uovo, Spanish huevo, from Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/

ovo (plural ovi)

1. egg

ovo m (plural ova f)

1. (Tuscany, Umbria) Alternative form of uovo

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1132: “l'uovo; le uova” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Onomatopoeic;(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) compare Ancient Greek εὐάζω (euázō).

Plutarch, in the life of Marcellus, claims that the name derives from celebration involving sacrifice of a sheep.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.u̯oː/, [ˈou̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/, [ˈɔːvo]

ovō (present infinitive ovāre, perfect active ovāvī, supine ovātum); first conjugation

1. to exult, rejoice

   Synonyms: gaudeō, grātulor, congrātulor, exhilarō, exsultō, fruor

   Antonym: displiceō

2. to applaud, celebrate with an ovation

In Classical Latin, the verb is mainly found as a present participle, ovāns.^[1] The perfect stem ovāv- is attested only post-Classically.

Conjugation of ovō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ovō	ovās	ovat	ovāmus	ovātis	ovant
	imperfect	ovābam	ovābās	ovābat	ovābāmus	ovābātis	ovābant
	future	ovābō	ovābis	ovābit	ovābimus	ovābitis	ovābunt
	perfect	ovāvī	ovāvistī	ovāvit	ovāvimus	ovāvistis	ovāvērunt, ovāvēre
	pluperfect	ovāveram	ovāverās	ovāverat	ovāverāmus	ovāverātis	ovāverant
	future perfect	ovāverō	ovāveris	ovāverit	ovāverimus	ovāveritis	ovāverint
passive	present	ovor	ovāris, ovāre	ovātur	ovāmur	ovāminī	ovantur
	imperfect	ovābar	ovābāris, ovābāre	ovābātur	ovābāmur	ovābāminī	ovābantur
	future	ovābor	ovāberis, ovābere	ovābitur	ovābimur	ovābiminī	ovābuntur
	perfect	ovātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ovātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ovātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ovem	ovēs	ovet	ovēmus	ovētis	ovent
	imperfect	ovārem	ovārēs	ovāret	ovārēmus	ovārētis	ovārent
	perfect	ovāverim	ovāverīs	ovāverit	ovāverīmus	ovāverītis	ovāverint
	pluperfect	ovāvissem	ovāvissēs	ovāvisset	ovāvissēmus	ovāvissētis	ovāvissent
passive	present	over	ovēris, ovēre	ovētur	ovēmur	ovēminī	oventur
	imperfect	ovārer	ovārēris, ovārēre	ovārētur	ovārēmur	ovārēminī	ovārentur
	perfect	ovātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ovātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ovā	—	—	ovāte	—
	future	—	ovātō	ovātō	—	ovātōte	ovantō
passive	present	—	ovāre	—	—	ovāminī	—
	future	—	ovātor	ovātor	—	—	ovantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ovāre	ovāvisse	ovātūrum esse	ovārī	ovātum esse	ovātum īrī
participles		ovāns	—	ovātūrus	—	ovātus	ovandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ovandī	ovandō	ovandum	ovandō	ovātum	ovātū

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.u̯oː/, [ˈoːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/, [ˈɔːvo]

ōvō

1. dative/ablative singular of ōvum

• “ovo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ovo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ovo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    

ovo

1. pig

• Roger and Susan Garland. Mountain Koiali - English Dictionary. Ukarumpa: SIL, Ms. 38pp. (1983).

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːʋɔ/

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• Rhymes: -oːʋɔ
• Hyphenation: ov‧o

ovo

1. Only used in ab ovo (“ab ovo”)

• -ovo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria.^[1]

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. egg

• Fala: ovu
• Galician: ovo
• Portuguese: ovo

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Doublet of ova.

• Rhymes: -ovu, (Northern Portugal) -obu
• Hyphenation: o‧vo

ovo m (plural ovos, metaphonic)

1. (biology) egg (cell that results from the fertilization of the female gamete by the male gamete)
2. (biology) egg (rounded body produced by oviparous females consisting of a membrane and outer shell that contains the embryo)
   1. this body, particularly that of chickens, when it has not yet been fertilized and is intended for food
      • 1991, Nelson Nadotti, 0:12:47 from the start, in Mário Márcio Bandarra, director, Inspetor Faustão e o Mallandro: A Missão (Primeira e Única), spoken by Inspetor Faustão (Fausto Silva), Rio de Janeiro: Xuxa Produções:

        Você destruiu o meu ovo! Vou almoçar onde?

        You destroyed my egg! Where am I going to have lunch?

3. chair to transport a baby from birth until it reaches around ten, or at most thirteen, kilos in weight (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
4. (figuratively) germ, incipient state
5. (figuratively) principle
6. (figuratively) origin
7. (colloquial) testicle

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɔvu, (Northern Portugal) -ɔbu
• Hyphenation: o‧vo

ovo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ovar

• “ovo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ovo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

• IPA^(key): /ǒʋoː/

òvō (Cyrillic spelling о̀во̄)

1. neuter nominative singular of ovaj
2. neuter accusative singular of ovaj

• IPA^(key): /ˈobo/ [ˈo.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: o‧vo

Borrowed from Latin ōvum. Doublet of huevo.

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. (architecture) egg-shaped decoration

ovo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ovar

ovo

1. Obsolete spelling of hubo.

• “ovo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

ovo

1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

ovo m (plural ovi or uvi)

1. Alternative spelling of òvo (“egg”)