herd (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of cattle1. grex, grĕgis, m. (most gen. term)2. armentum (strictly a ploughing beast; v. supr.II. Of persons, contemptuously • herd (subs.): I. Of cattle: 1. grex, grĕgis, m. (most gen. term): h.s of large cattle, g. armentorum, Cic. Phil. 3, 12, extr.; g. armenticii, Varr. R. R. 2, 10: h.s of swine, g. porcorum, Juv. Fig.: a pig of Epicurus' h., Epicuri de g. porcus, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, extr. Pertaining to h.s, gregalis, e, Varr.: Plin.; grĕgārius: Col.: Plin. In h.s, grĕgātim: Col.: Plin. 2. armentum (strictly a ploughing beast; v. supr.: hence a h. of oxen or other large animals): whole h.s (of deer), tota a., Virg. Aen. 1, 185: h.s of baboons, a. cynocephalorum, Plin. Abounding in h.s (or oxen), armentosissimus, Gell. 11, 1. II. Of persons, contemptuously: vulgus, i, m. and n.: to scorn the jealous h., malignum spernere v., Hor. Od. 2, 16, extr.: v. multitude.