ovile
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ŏvīle: is, n. ovis.
I A sheepfold (syn. caula).
A Lit.: non lupus insidias explorat ovilia circum, Verg. G. 3, 537; id. A. 9, 59; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 79.—
2 A fold for goats: aliis in ovilibus haedi, Ov. M. 13, 828.—
B Fig., the church or fold of Christ, Vulg. Johan. 10, 1, 16.—
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ŏvīle,¹² is, n. (ovilis), étable de brebis, bergerie : Cato Agr. 39 ; Virg. G. 3, 537 || étable à chèvres : Ov. M. 13, 828 || emplacement dans le Champ de Mars fermé par des barrières, où l’on votait lors des comices : Liv. 26, 22, 11 ; Serv. B. 1, 34.
