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ŏvīle, is, n. [ovis].

  1. I. A sheepfold (syn. caula).
    1. A. Lit.: non lupus insidias explorat ovilia circum, Verg. G. 3, 537; id. A. 9, 59; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 79.
      1. 2. A fold for goats: aliis in ovilibus haedi, Ov. M. 13, 828.
    2. B. Fig., the church or fold of Christ, Vulg. Johan. 10, 1, 16.
  2. 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.

ŏvīlĭo, ōnis, m. [ovis], a shepherd (postclass. for opilio): pastores oviliones, Dig. 33, 7, 26.

ŏvīlis, e, adj. [ovis], of or for sheep, sheep- (ante- and post-class.): stercus, Cato, R. R. 39, 1: stabulatio, App. M. 4, p. 145, 13: grex, Dig. 7, 8, 12, § 2 al.
Hence, subst. ovile, q. v.

ŏvillīnus, a, um, adj. [ovis], of or belonging to sheep (post-class.): lac, sheep’s milk, Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 3: caro, mutton, id. ib. 6.

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.