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οἰοπόλος

οἰοπόλος, traversed by sheep

οἰο-πόλος, ον, (οἶος, πέλομαι) of places,
  • lonely, ὄρεα Od. 11.574; χῶρος, σταθμός, Il. 13.473, 19.377; of persons, solitary, unaccompanied, δαίμων Pi. P. 4.28.
    • II (οἶς, -πόλος, cf. αἰπόλος) tending sheep, Ἄρτεμις Id. Dith. 2.19; Ἑρμῆς h.Merc. 314; Ἀπόλλων v.l. in Coluth. 309; θεαί, of the Hesperides, A.R. 4.1322, cf. 1413; Πάριν οἰοπόλοισιν ἐφεδριόωντα θοώκοις Coluth. 15. (Signf. I is alternatively derived from οἶς, πολέω (as if ‘sheep-traversedʼ) in Sch. Il. 13.473.)

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