ovum

ōvum ī, n

3 AV-, an egg : ovum parere, to lay : ponere, O.: pullos ex ovis excuderunt, hatched : pisces ova cum genuerunt, spawn : integram famem ad ovum adfero, i. e. the beginning of the meal (when eggs were served): ab ova Usque ad mala, i. e. from the beginning to the end , H.: Nec gemino bellum Troianum orditur ab ovo (alluding to the mythical story of the eggs of Leda), H.: ovo prognatus eodem, i. e. of the same mother , H.: ova ad notas curriculis numerandus (wooden eggs used in the circus as counters, one being removed after each circuit made), L.