βοτήρ

A. herdsman, Od. 15.504; οἰωνῶν β. a soothsayer, A. Th. 24; κύων β. herdsman's dog, S. Aj. 297: in later Prose, D.H. 2.2, Plu. Rom. 7, al.:—fem. βότειρα, epith. of Demeter, Eust. 1723.14.