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ŏvīle , is, n. ovis.
I. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.828
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.59
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.537
    • Lucan, Civil War, 2.197
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 22
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.1
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