I.a herdsman, esp. a shepherd (syn. opilio): “Mars pater ... pastores pecuaque salva servassis,” Cato, R. R. 141, 3: “servos pastores armat,” Caes. B. C. 1, 24: “jam pastor umbras ... quaerit,” Hor. C. 3, 29, 21: “pastor durus,” Juv. 11, 151: “boni pastoris esse tondere pecus, non deglubere,” Suet. Tib. 32.—
B. Trop., a shepherd: populi (transl. of the Gr. ποιμένα λαῶν, Hom. Il. 2, 243), Quint. 8, 6, 18.—
II. Transf.
1. A keeper: “pavonum, Varr R. R. 3, 6, 5: columbarius,” id. ib. 3, 7, 5: “gallinarum,” Col. 8, 2, 7: anserum, Dlg. 32, 1, 66.—