noun

ŏvīle

gen. ŏvīlis · gender neuter · decl. 3rd

A sheepfold

A sheepfold (syn. caula).

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Lit.: non lupus insidias explorat ovilia circum, Verg. G. 3, 537; id. A. 9, 59; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 79.—

A fold for goats •

A fold for goats: aliis in ovilibus haedi, Ov. M. 13, 828.—

the church; fold of Christ

Fig., the church or fold of Christ, Vulg. Johan. 10, 1, 16.—

an enclosed space in the; where the Romans voted at their comitia

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.

Perseus ID: n33229 Key: ovile