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
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...spinturnicium. viden tu illam oculis venaturam facere atque aucupium auribus? 990 IV.ii Milphidippa Iam est ante aedis circus..."Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...generi quondam quaestus apud saeclum prius: hoc novomst aucupium; ego adeo hanc primus inveni viam. est genus hominum..."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..."
