aucupibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →auceps, aucupis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bird-catcher, fowler; bird seller, poulterer; spy, eavesdropper;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...indicio prodor ab ipse meo? Non avis aucupibus monstrat, qua parte petatur: Non docet infestos currere cerva canes..." - P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...tendat, Scit bene, qua frendens valle moretur aper; Aucupibus noti frutices; qui sustinet hamos, Novit quae multo pisce..."