I. Lit., the name of a shepherd in Virgil's Eclogues, Verg. E. 1.—
II. Transf.
A. For a shepherd in gen., Verg. E. 8, 55.—
B. As a designation of Virgil's Eclogues, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 25. —
C. As a designation of Virgil himself, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 72.