Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Armentarius

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

ARMENTA'RIUS. A herdsman of any kind, who had the charge of a drove of oxen, for instance, or of brood mares (Appul. Met. vii. p. 142.), and under whose care and superintendence they were driven up from the plains into the mountains, and kept there at pasture during the hot months of summer. Lucret. vi. 1250. Varro, R. R. ii. 5. 18. Virg. G. iii. 344.