opilio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ōpĭlĭo and ūpĭlĭo, ōnis, m. [for ovilio, from ovis],

I a shepherd : etiam opilio, qui pascit alienas oves, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 36.— Form upilio, Verg. E. 10, 19; Col. 7, 3, 13; Dig. 32, 1, 60; Vulg. Gen. 38, 12.—

II A kind of bird , otherwise unknown, Fest. p. 191 Müll.

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