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ovile

ovile, a sheepfold

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

ovīle, is, n.: a sheepcote, sheepfold. (ovis)
ŏvīle, is, n. [ovis].
  • A sheepfold (syn. caula).
    • A Lit.: non lupus insidias explorat ovilia circum, Verg. G. 3, 537; id. A. 9, 59; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 79.—
      • 2 A fold for goats: aliis in ovilibus haedi, Ov. M. 13, 828.—
    • B Fig., the church or fold of Christ, Vulg. Johan. 10, 1, 16.—
  • II Ovile, an enclosed space in the Campus Martius, where the Romans voted at their comitia, Liv. 26, 22; Juv. 6, 528.—Plur., Luc. 2, 197; cf. Serv. Verg. E. 1, 34.

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