aucupio
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;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...cruciaretur non ferendis doloribus, propagabat tamen vitam aucupio, 'sagittarum configebat tardus celeres, stans volantis', ut apud Accium..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...putat vivere. mundos, elegantis, optimis cocis, pistoribus, piscatu, aucupio, venatione, his omnibus exquisitis, vitantes cruditatem, quibus vinum defusum..."