[455] βοτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, Hirt, Od. 15, 504 (ἅπαξ εἰρημ.); Aesch. Eum. 187; Soph. O. R. 837 u. öfter; οἰωνῶν βοτήρ, Vogelschauer, Aesch. Spt. 24; κύων, Hirtenhund, Soph. Ai. 290. Auch in sp. Prosa, Dion. H. 2, 2 Plut. Rom. 7.