aucupi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aucupium, aucupi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
bird-catching, fowling; taking (bee swarm); game/wild fowl; sly angling for;
gen. sg. - Entry →auceps, aucupis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bird-catcher, fowler; bird seller, poulterer; spy, eavesdropper;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...pessumae. CLEAR. Non tu scis? hic noster quaestus aucupi simillimust. auceps quando concinnavit aream, offundit cibum; aves adsuescunt..."de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...uacuo uenator in aere praedam, si captare feras aucupis arte placet. XII Inter Caesareae discrimina saeua Dianae fixisset..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...manu. CCXVII Accipiter. Praedo fuit volucrum: famulus nunc aucupis idem Decipit et captas non sibi maeret aves. CCXVIII..."
