A.feeding alone : hence, lonely, of places, Simon. 130 ; ἐπ᾽ οἰονόμοιο (neut.) in solitude, APl.4.230 (Leon.).
II. (ὄϊς, οἶς) sheep-rearing, “Σύροι” BCH21.599 (Delph., iv B. C.); Ἀπόλλων prob. in Coluth.309 : as Subst., shepherd, AP7.213 (Arch.), APl.4.291 (Anyt.).