sheep
sheep
subs.
Ar. and P. πρόβᾰτον, τό (rare sing.), Ar. and V. οἶς, ὁ or ἡ, βοτόν, τό.
Flock of sheep: P. and V. ποίμνη, ἡ, ποίμνιον, τό, βοσκήμᾰτα, τά, V. νομεύμᾰτα, τά, Ar. and V. μῆλα, τά, βοτά, τά.
Of sheep, adj.: V. μήλειος.
Sacrifice sheep, v.: Ar. and V. μηλοσφᾰγεῖν.
Sheep dog: V. κύων βοτήρ, ὁ.
subs.
Ar. and P. πρόβᾰτον, τό (rare sing.), Ar. and V. οἶς, ὁ or ἡ, βοτόν, τό.
Flock of sheep: P. and V. ποίμνη, ἡ, ποίμνιον, τό, βοσκήμᾰτα, τά, V. νομεύμᾰτα, τά, Ar. and V. μῆλα, τά, βοτά, τά.
Of sheep, adj.: V. μήλειος.
Sacrifice sheep, v.: Ar. and V. μηλοσφᾰγεῖν.
Sheep dog: V. κύων βοτήρ, ὁ.
SHEEP
ovis (PROP. and figuratively): diminutively ovicula (☞ laniger bidens poetically): pecus -udis feminine (a single head of sheep; plur. oves); pecus -oris neuter (oviarium ovillum or lanigerum). A flock of sheep grex ovium: a sheep dog canis oviarius pecuarius pastoralis: sheep-shearing ovium tonsura (Col.).
ovis (PROP. and figuratively): diminutively ovicula (☞ laniger bidens poetically): pecus -udis feminine (a single head of sheep; plur. oves); pecus -oris neuter (oviarium ovillum or lanigerum). A flock of sheep grex ovium: a sheep dog canis oviarius pecuarius pastoralis: sheep-shearing ovium tonsura (Col.).
sheep:
I. The animal
1. ŏvis, is, f.: pass. Prov.: to trust a s. to a wolf, o. lupo committere, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16. Dimin. ŏvĭcŭla (v rare and late): Tert.
2. bĭdens, tis (strictly perh. an animal with the two rows of teeth complete: afterwards usu. a sheep): to slay seven bullocks, and just as many s., chosen according to custom, septem mactare juvencos, totidem lectas de more bidentes, Virg. Aen. 6, 39: the s. saw the wolf lying in a pitfall, b. jacentem in fovea conspexit lupum, Phaedr. 1, 17, 8.
3. pĕcus, ŏris, n. (cattle collectively): v.FLOCK .
4. pĕcus, ŭdis, f. (strictly, any brute beast: in poet. usu. = ovis): Virg. Aen. 3, 120. Lucr. A flock of s., oviaria (sc. pecuaria), Varr. R. R. 2, praef. extr.: of or belonging to s., ovīlis (rare), Apul.; ovillus: a pig, a s., a goat, and an ox, unus ex suillo, ovillo, caprino, bovillo grege, Liv. 22, 10. milk of s., lac ovillum, Plin. 28, 9, 33: Col.
II. Fig.: a silly fellow: ŏvis: who in the world has brought these s.? quis has oves adegit? Pl. Bac. 5, 2, 3: v.SIMPLETON , NINNY .
I. The animal
1. ŏvis, is, f.: pass. Prov.: to trust a s. to a wolf, o. lupo committere, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16. Dimin. ŏvĭcŭla (v rare and late): Tert.
2. bĭdens, tis (strictly perh. an animal with the two rows of teeth complete: afterwards usu. a sheep): to slay seven bullocks, and just as many s., chosen according to custom, septem mactare juvencos, totidem lectas de more bidentes, Virg. Aen. 6, 39: the s. saw the wolf lying in a pitfall, b. jacentem in fovea conspexit lupum, Phaedr. 1, 17, 8.
3. pĕcus, ŏris, n. (cattle collectively): v.
4. pĕcus, ŭdis, f. (strictly, any brute beast: in poet. usu. = ovis): Virg. Aen. 3, 120. Lucr. A flock of s., oviaria (sc. pecuaria), Varr. R. R. 2, praef. extr.: of or belonging to s., ovīlis (rare), Apul.; ovillus: a pig, a s., a goat, and an ox, unus ex suillo, ovillo, caprino, bovillo grege, Liv. 22, 10. milk of s., lac ovillum, Plin. 28, 9, 33: Col.
II. Fig.: a silly fellow: ŏvis: who in the world has brought these s.? quis has oves adegit? Pl. Bac. 5, 2, 3: v.
ovis
a sheep
a bleater, sheep
suovetaurilia
a sacrifice of lustration, consisting of a swine, a sheep, and a bull
a sheep
appearing fewer than 50 times
balansa bleater, sheep
suovetaurilia
a sacrifice of lustration, consisting of a swine, a sheep, and a bull
sheep
Sheep
- sacrificed by Spartan kings before battle: Paus. 9.13.4
- pregnant sheep sacrificed to Eumenides: Paus. 2.11.4
- sheep not sacrificed to Isis: Paus. 10.32.16