Lewis & Short

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

  1. I. a shepherd: etiam opilio, qui pascit alienas oves, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 36.
    Form upilio, Verg. E. 10, 19; Col. 7, 3, 13; Dig. 32, 1, 60; Vulg. Gen. 38, 12.
  2. II. A kind of bird, otherwise unknown, Fest. p. 191 Müll.