Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Agaso

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

AGA'SO (ἱπποκόμος). A slave attached to the stables, who dressed the horses, led them out, and held them till his master mounted; a groom, ostler, or stable boy (Liv. xliii. 5. Plin. H. N. xxxv. 40. § 29.), as seen in the example (Agaso/1.1) from the Vatican Virgil.

2. Sometimes also applied to those who have the charge of other animals, such as donkeys (Apul. Met. vi. p. 121., Varior.), and in a more general sense transferred to any of the lower class of slaves. Hor. Sat. ii. 8. 72.

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  Agaso/1.1