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|lshtext=<b>ōvum</b>: i, n. ὠόν, i. e. ΩϝΟΝ>.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., an [[egg]]: [[ovum]] parere, to [[lay]], Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8: edere, Col. 8, 3, 4: ponere, Ov. M. 8, 258: efferre, Verg. G. 1, 379: eniti, Col. 8, 11, 8 sq.: facere, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 17: pullos ex [[ovis]] excuderunt, to [[hatch]], Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130 B. and K. (al. excluserunt): incubare ova, to [[sit]] on, [[brood]] on, [[hatch]], Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8; 12; for [[which]]: incubare [[ovis]], Col. 8, 11, 14: suppovere ova, id. 8, 6, 1: an pulli rostellis ova percuderint ... nam [[saepe]] [[propter]] crassitudinem putaminum erumpere non queunt, Col. 8, 5, 14: [[quatenus]] in pullos [[animalis]] vertier ova cernimus alituum, Lucr. 2, 927.—Also of the [[spawn]] of [[fish]], etc.: [[etsi]] pisces, ova cum genuerunt relinquunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129: testudines [[autem]] et crocodilos dicunt ... obruere ova, id. ib. 2, 52, 129: saepius et tectis penetralibus extulit ova ... [[formica]], Verg. G. 1, 380; Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145: ovi [[putamen]], an eggshell, Col. 8, 5, 14: [[cortex]] ovi, Ser. Samm. 28, 531.—The Romans [[usually]] began [[their]] meals [[with]] eggs and ended [[them]] [[with]] [[fruit]]; [[hence]], integram famem ad [[ovum]] [[affero]], [[until]] the [[egg]], i. e. the [[beginning]] of the [[meal]], Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1; and: ab ovo Usque ad [[mala]] citaret, Io Bacche! i. e. from the [[beginning]] to the [[end]], Hor. S. 1, 3, 6.—Acc. to the [[myth]], [[Leda]] became [[pregnant]] by Jupiter, [[who]] visited her in the [[shape]] of a [[swan]]; she laid [[two]] eggs, one by Jupiter, and the [[other]] by Tyndarus; from the [[former]] of [[which]] were [[born]] [[Pollux]] and Helen, and from the [[latter]] [[Castor]] and [[Clytaemnestra]]; [[hence]], nec [[gemino]] [[bellum]] Trojanum orditur ab ovo, Hor. A. P. 147: [[Castor]] gaudet equis, ovo [[prognatus]] [[eodem]] Pugnis, from the [[same]] [[egg]], i. e. of the [[same]] [[parentage]], id. S. 2, 1, 26.—In the [[circus]] [[seven]] [[wooden]] eggs were [[set]] up, one of [[which]] [[was]] removed at the [[completion]] of [[each]] [[circuit]]; [[hence]], non [[modo]] [[ovum]] illud sublatum est, [[quod]], etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 2: ova ad notas curriculis numerandis, Liv. 41, 27, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> An [[egg]]-[[shell]] (as a [[measure]]), an [[egg]]-shellful, Plin. 22, 25, 67, § 137.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> An [[egg]]-[[shape]], [[oval]] [[shape]], [[oval]], Calp. Ecl. 7, 34.

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|georg=ōvum, ī, n (v. ὠόν), das Ei, I) eig. u. übtr.: a) übh.: ova pavonis, Petron., pavonina, [[Varro]]: ova gallinacea, [[Varro]]: ova pullina, Hühnereier, Lampr.: ovi vacuati [[testa]], Cael. Aur.: ovi [[putamen]], [[Eierschale]], Colum. u. Plin.: [[ovum]] parĕre od. gignere, Cic., od. facere, [[Varro]], od. edere, Plin., od. ponere, Colum.: [[ovum]] incubanti gallinae subducere, Suet. – Sprichw., (da Eier gew. den [[Anfang]], [[Obst]] den [[Beschluß]] der [[Mahlzeit]] machten), integram famem ad [[ovum]] [[affero]], [[bis]] zum Ei, d.i. [[Anfang]] der [[Mahlzeit]], Cic. ep. 9, 20, 1: ab [[ovo]] [[usque]] ad [[mala]], [[von]] [[Anfang]] [[bis]] zu [[Ende]], Hor [[sat]]. 1, 3, 6. – b) in bezug [[auf]] den Mythus der [[Leda]] (s. 2. Lēda), [[ovo]] [[prognatus]] [[eodem]], v. [[Pollux]], Hor [[sat]]. 2, 1, 26: [[nec]] [[gemino]] [[bellum]] Troianum orditur ab [[ovo]], Hor de art. poët. 147. – c) übtr., eine der [[sieben]] eiförmigen Figuren im [[Zirkus]] ([[als]] [[Anspielung]] [[auf]] die beiden Eier, aus denen die Götter der zirzensischen Künste, Kastor u. [[Pollux]], zur [[Welt]] gekommen waren), [[nach]] denen im [[Zirkus]] die Umläufe gezählt wurden, [[indem]] [[man]] [[nach]] jedem Umlaufe [[ein]] Ei [[von]] seinem Gestelle ([[fala]], w. s.) abhob, [[ovum]] sublatum est, [[Varro]] r. r. 1, 2, 11: ova ad notas curriculis numerandis, Liv. 41, 27, 6. Vgl. Tert. de spect. 8. Isid. orig. 18, 19, 1. – II) meton.: A) das [[Maß]] [[einer]] [[Eierschale]], [[tribus]] [[ovis]], Plin. 22, 137. – B) die Eigestalt, ovale [[Gestalt]], Calp. ecl. 7, 34.

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