armentarius

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.