aucupium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From auceps (“bird-catcher, fowler”) + -ium. Compare aucupor (“to go bird-catching”).
Noun[edit]
aucupium n (genitive aucupiī or aucupī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aucupium | aucupia |
| Genitive | aucupiī aucupī1 |
aucupiōrum |
| Dative | aucupiō | aucupiīs |
| Accusative | aucupium | aucupia |
| Ablative | aucupiō | aucupiīs |
| Vocative | aucupium | aucupia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “aucupium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aucupium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aucupium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- aucupium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- minute, pedantic carping at words: verborum aucupium or captatio
- minute, pedantic carping at words: verborum aucupium or captatio