Latin Etymology From ovō + -tiō. Pronunciation (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oˈu̯aː.ti.oː/, [oˈu̯äːt̪ioː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈvat.t͡si.o/, [oˈvät̪ː͡s̪io] Noun ovātiō f (genitive ovātiōnis); third declension a minor triumph. an ovation, jubilation. Declension Third-declension noun.More information singular, plural ... singular plural nominative ovātiō ovātiōnēs genitive ovātiōnis ovātiōnum dative ovātiōnī ovātiōnibus accusative ovātiōnem ovātiōnēs ablative ovātiōne ovātiōnibus vocative ovātiō ovātiōnēs Close Descendants → French: ovation (learned) → English: ovation (learned) → Italian: ovazione (learned) → Portuguese: ovação (learned) → Spanish: ovación (learned) References “ŏvātĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press ŏvātĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1098. ovātio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche BuchhandlungWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.