ŏvātĭo, ōnis, f. [ovo],
an ovation , i. e. a lesser triumph , in which the general, after an easy, bloodless victory, or after a victory over slaves, made his public entrance into the city, not in a chariot, as in the greater triumph, but simply on horseback or on foot. The token of a bloodless victory was a wreath of myrtle around his brows; cf.