aucupium
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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →auceps, aucupis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bird-catcher, fowler; bird seller, poulterer; spy, eavesdropper;
gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...spinturnicium. viden tu illam oculis venaturam facere atque aucupium auribus? 990 IV.ii Milphidippa Iam est ante aedis circus..." - P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...generi quondam quaestus apud saeclum prius: hoc novomst aucupium; ego adeo hanc primus inveni viam. est genus hominum..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...fertur, qui tot res in se habet egregias, aucupium omne genus, piscis, prata, arva ferasque. nequiquam: fructus sumptibus..."
