The corpus record — Latin

ovis

ovis · f

a sheep

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Where it lives

De Pallio 2 · 5.84/10k
Eclogues 2 · 4.41/10k
De agri cultura 6 · 3.84/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 3.37/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 2 · 2.41/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Bacchides 2 · 2.03/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 13 · 1.65/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.5/10k
Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ŏvis — Lewis & Short

ŏvis, is (f. (m., Varr. ap.

acc. ovim, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 26; al. ovem; abl. ovi, acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.), Non. 216, 23:

I 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. o)/i+s; cf. also Goth. avistr, ovile], a sheep (class.).

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.—

II Transf.

A Poet., wool: et niveam Tyrio murice tingit ovem, Tib. 2, 4, 28.—

B Sheep, for simpleton, ninny, fool, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 3, q. v. 15.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ouis (scan p. 495; entry #8040).

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