προβᾰτ-ιον, τό,
diminutive of πρόβατον, little sheep, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 955, “Pl.” 293, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 259a, 3rd c.BC(?): Strato Comicus 1.22, 3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus 9.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 1, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.43; π. ἀγαπητόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 319.3; προβατίου βίος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 922; προβατίου γνώμη 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a kid, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 856. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]