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
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..."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..."
