The Defective Triumph

The Latin ovāre (to triumph) is defective, but the following examples make an appearance in our extant literature:

• ovās, ovat
• ovet
• ovāret
• ovāns, ovātūrus, ovātus
• ovandī

They appear in a few fixed phrases—

• He entered the city in triumph: ovāns urbem ingrederētur.
• He revealed the triumphal gold: ovātum aurum dētexit.
• The allies gathered, triumphant: sociī comitentur ovantēs.

Compare also ovanter ‘exultingly’ and the Greek αύω (αϝύω) ‘increase.’

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