opilio

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

• a shepherd: etiam opilio, qui pascit alienas oves, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 36 (539).— 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.

ōpilio u. ūpilio, ōnis, m. (ovis u. pello), der Schäfer, Schafhirt, Ziegenhirt, Form op. bei Plaut. asin. 540. Colum. 7, 3, 13. Alfen. dig. 32, 1, 60. § 3. Apul. met. 8, 19: op. gregis, Vulg. genes. 38, 12: Form up., Verg. ecl. 10, 19. Apul. flor. 9; apol. 87; met. 5, 25 u. bei anderen als Variante; s. Hildebr. Apul. flor. 3. p. 13.

opilio [CL], opilius 1 shepherd; b (w. ref. to Abel, cf. Gen. iv 2); c (as lowly occupation). appellaverunt autem bucolicum a bubus, quamvis ~onum caprariorumque sermones in his cantibus inserantur Bonif. Met. 111; tunc semen in arvis / crevit, et exsultant sollempniter opiliones Frith. 664; quid dicis tu, opilio [AS: sceaphyrde]? habes tu aliquem laborem? Ælf. Coll. 91; 10‥ oppilius, scephyrde WW; Hyram ~o Jude ab ipso missus defert hedum Thamar [cf. Gen. xxxviii 12-20] Ad. Dore Pictor 154; hic ~o, berchier Gl. AN Glasg. 21rc; pedes distorti ac si essent ~onis pedes Mir. J. Bev. C 330; hic opelio, a schepard WW.  b primus ~onum primitias gregum suorum Domino offerebat Bede Luke 335.  c cum mors sua tela jacit / ‥ / bissus sacco sociatur, / scurre Cesar copulatur, / regibus opilio Walt. Wimb. Van. 150. 2 (w. ref. to bishop or priest as shepherd of souls). Odo Dorobernicarum ~o [gl.:pastor] ovillarum O. Cant. Pref. Frith. 3; tunc ergo perprudens ~o ‥ scepta claustrorum monasticis aedificiis ‥ munivit B. V. Dunst. 15; 1282 ne ‥ grex Christi ‥ sub ~onis insufficientia a lupis libere vastaretur Peckham Ep. 307.

ōpĭlĭō, (14) ōnis, m. (ovis, pello), ¶ 1 berger : Pl. As. 540 ; Cato Agr. 10, 1 ; 56, 1 ; Col. Rust. 7, 3, 13 ; Apul. M. 8, 19 || ūpĭlĭō Virg. B. 10, 19 ; Apul. M. 5, 25 ; Flor. 9 ¶ 2 sorte dʼoiseau : P. Fest. 191.

opilio , onis. m.
放綿羊者。

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ōpiliō see upilio.

Opilio

(οἰοπόλος). A shepherd.