ovillus

ŏvillus, a, um, adj. [ovis],

• of or belonging to sheep, sheep- (class.): caseus, Cato R. R. 76, 2: grex, Liv. 22, 10: pecus, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6; Col. 7, 2, 6: lac, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 124.

ovīllus, a, um (Demin. v. ovinus), zu den Schafen gehörig, Schaf-, pecus, Varro: grex, Carm. vet. b. Liv.: lac, Plin. u. Edict. Diocl.: caseus, Colum. – subst., ovīlla, ae, f. (sc. caro), Schaffleisch, Prisc. 2, 60.

ovillus [CL] 1 of or issuing from sheep. c1520 pro iij duodenis pellium ~arum Arch. Hist. Camb. III 432. 2 (as sb. f.) (little) sheep; b (transf. or fig., belonging to Christ or sim., w. ref. to member of the Church or the community of the faithful). saepe licet proprias vetetur pascere ovillas / nulla datur requies, vicino urgente colono Frith. 411; ~a ‥ parva ovis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 401.  b Odo Dorobernicarum opilio ~arum [v. l. ovium] O. Cant. Pref. Frith. 3; ut reparet laesam pastor supremus ovillam Frith. 595; amicis / Aelfledae, que virgineo succincta pudore / pascebat nitidas Jesu prudenter ovillas Ib. 1022. 3 (as sb. n.) sheepskin. hoc ovellum, pel de oef Gl. AN Glasg. f. 20vc..

ovillus , a, um. adj.
綿羊者。

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ovīllus adj.

• ovis, of sheep, sheep-: grex, L.