armentarius
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
armentārĭus: a, um, adj. id.,
I pertaining to a herd of cattle: morbi, Sol. 11: equiso, App. M. 7.—Hence,
II Subst.: armentārĭus, ii, m.
A A herdsman, neat-herd, * Lucr. 6, 1252; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 18: omnia secum Armentarius Afer agit, Verg. G. 3, 344: armentarius ego sum, * Vulg. Amos, 7, 14.—
B A surname of the emperor Galerius Maximianus, whose ancestors were shepherds, Aur. Vict. Ep. 40.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
armentārĭus,¹⁵ a, um (armentum), de bétail : Sol. 5, 21 ; Apul. M. 7, 15
