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‡ ŏpĭcerda or ŏvĭcerda, ae, f., sheep’s dung, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. sucerda, p. 302 Müll. dub.

ŏvĭārĭus (collat. form ‡ ŏvĭārĭcus:

  1. I. conductoribus gregum oviaricorum, Inscr. Momms. 4916), a, um, adj. [ovis], of or belonging to sheep, sheep- (post-Aug.): pecus (al. oviaricum), Col. 7, 6, 1.
  2. II. Subst.: ŏvĭārĭa, ae, f., a flock of sheep, Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 6.

ovĭcerda, ae, f., v. opicerda.

* ōvĭco, 1, v. a. [ovum], to mix with the white of an egg, Plin. Val. 1, 17.

ŏvĭcŭla (ŏvĕ-). ae, f. dim. [ovis], a little sheep (post-class.): ovicula, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 3, 21: ovecula. Tert. Pall. 3.
Q. Fabius Max. Cunctator Ovieula dictus est a morum clementiā, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 43.

Ovĭdĭus, ii, m., Ovid, the name of a Roman gens.
So esp.: P. Ovidius Naso, a celebrated Latin poet, Quint. 10, 1, 88; Sen. Ep. 79, 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 119.
A contemporary of Martial, Mart. 7, 44, 1; 7, 45, 6.

ŏvīle, is, n. [ovis].

  1. I. A sheepfold (syn. caula).
    1. A. Lit.: non lupus insidias explorat ovilia circum, Verg. G. 3, 537; id. A. 9, 59; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 79.
      1. 2. A fold for goats: aliis in ovilibus haedi, Ov. M. 13, 828.
    2. B. Fig., the church or fold of Christ, Vulg. Johan. 10, 1, 16.
  2. 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.

ŏvīlĭo, ōnis, m. [ovis], a shepherd (postclass. for opilio): pastores oviliones, Dig. 33, 7, 26.

ŏvīlis, e, adj. [ovis], of or for sheep, sheep- (ante- and post-class.): stercus, Cato, R. R. 39, 1: stabulatio, App. M. 4, p. 145, 13: grex, Dig. 7, 8, 12, § 2 al.
Hence, subst. ovile, q. v.

ŏvillīnus, a, um, adj. [ovis], of or belonging to sheep (post-class.): lac, sheep’s milk, Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 3: caro, mutton, id. ib. 6.

ŏvillus, a, um, adj. [ovis], of or belonging to sheep, sheep- (class.): caseus, Cato, R. R. 76, 2: grex, Liv. 22, 10: pecus, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6; Col. 7, 2, 6: lac, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 124.

Ŏvīnĭus, ii, m. [ovis], a Roman surname: nomina multa habemus ab utroque pecore, a minore Porcius, Ovinius, Caprilius, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 10.

ŏvīnus, a, um, adj. [ovis], of or belonging to sheep, sheep’s (post-class.): cauda, Ser. Samm. 14, 254.

ōvĭpărus, a, um, adj. [ovum-pario], that lays eggs, oviparous (post-class.): vivipari et ovipari: ita enim appello, quae Graeci ζωοτόκα, καὶ ὠοτόκα, App. Mag. p. 298, 24: fetus, Fulg. Myth. 1, 12; Aus. Idyll. 10, 132.

ŏvis, is (acc. ovim, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 26; al. ovem; abl. ovi, acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.), f. (m., Varr. ap. Non. 216, 23: ovis mas, Varr. L. L. 5, 98; cf.: ovis semimas, Ov. F. 1, 588; cf. Fest. p. 195 Müll.) [kindr. with Sanscr. avi, ovis; Lith. awi-s; Slav. ovjza; Gr. ὄϊς; cf. also Goth. avistr, ovile], a sheep (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: oves scabrae, glabrae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 140: cum fervit maxime, tam placidum quasi ovem reddo, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 18; Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: multae dictione ovium et boum, id. Rep. 2, 9, 16: ovis bona, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 11: aurata, Ov. H. 6, 2: infirmae, Hor. Epod. 2, 10: lanigera, Verg. A. 3, 660: Milesiae, Col. 7, 2, 3: nigra, Verg. G. 4, 546: pinguis, id. E. 6, 5: placida, Ov. M. 13, 927: custos ovium, Verg. G. 1, 17: magistri ovium, id. E. 2, 33: tondere oves, Hor. Ep. 2, 10.
    Prov.: ovem lupo committere, to appoint the wolf shepherd, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.: O praeclarum custodem ovium, ut ajunt, lupum, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Poet., wool: et niveam Tyrio murice tingit ovem, Tib. 2, 4, 28.
    2. B. Sheep, for simpleton, ninny, fool, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 3, q. v. 15.

Ŏvĭus, a, name of a Roman gens.
Hence,

  1. I. Ŏvĭus, Cic. Att. 16, 1, 5.
  2. II. Ŏvĭa, wife of L. Lollius, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 4; 12, 24, 1; 13, 22, 4.