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
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Circumspicedum, numquis est, sermonem nostrum qui aucupet? TH. Tutum probest. TR. Circumspice etiam. TH. Nemo est. loquere nunciam..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...alienam potius curet quam suam, qui aucupet me quid agam, qui de vesperi vivat suo? eos nunc homines..."