opilio.
shepherd, herdsman (for sheep/goats); kind of bird;
Meaning & usage
shepherd
Where this word comes from
Ultimately equivalent to ovis (“sheep”) + *piliō (uncertain meaning: “herd”, “driver”?), the latter component perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive”), but not entirely inherited. The variants likely point to either dialectal influence or borrowings from other Italic languages; ū- in ūpiliō in particular looks to be Osco-Umbrian. Could be derived from a Proto-Italic compound such as *owi-polos. See cognates at Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).
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