aucupet
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aucupo, aucupare, -, aucupatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
catch, take (swarm of bees); hunt after, seek, be on the lookout for;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Circumspicedum, numquis est, sermonem nostrum qui aucupet? TH. Tutum probest. TR. Circumspice etiam. TH. Nemo est. loquere nunciam..." - T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...alienam potius curet quam suam, qui aucupet me quid agam, qui de vesperi vivat suo? eos nunc homines..."