pastor (noun M) : (PAASTOR, Inscr. Orell. 3308), , pasco
* A herdsman, esp. a shepherd (syn. opilio): Mars pater ... pastores pecuaque salva servassis,Cato, R. R. 141, 3: servos pastores armat,Caes. B. C. 1, 24: jam pastor umbras ... quaerit,Hor. C. 3, 29, 21: pastor durus,Juv. 11, 151: boni pastoris esse tondere pecus, non deglubere,Suet. Tib. 32.
* Trop., a shepherd: populi (transl. of the Gr. ποιμένα λαῶν, Hom. Il. 2, 243), Quint. 8, 6, 18.
* Transf.
* A keeper: pavonum, Varr R. R. 3, 6, 5: columbarius,id. ib. 3, 7, 5: gallinarum,Col. 8, 2, 7: anserum, Dlg. 32, 1, 66.
* The minister or superintendent of a church or congregation (eccl. Lat.): pastores Israel,Vulg. Ezech. 34. 2: pastores et doctores,id. Eph. 4, 11.—Esp., of Christ: Ego sum pastor bonus,Vulg. Johan. 10, 11: eduxit de mortuis Pastorem magnum,id. Heb. 13, 20; cf. 1 Pet. 2, 25; 5, 4.

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