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Latin
Etymology
From ovis. May be an alteration of the earlier synonym ōpiliō by influence from ovīlis and ovīle.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovīliō m (genitive ovīliōnis); third declension
- a shepherd
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “ovilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ovilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.