auceps

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *awikaps. Equivalent to avis (“bird”) +‎ -ceps (“catcher”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.keps/, [ˈäu̯kɛps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈäːu̯t͡ʃeps]

Noun

auceps m (genitive aucupis); third declension

1. a bird-catcher; fowler
2. (figuratively) eavesdropper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	auceps	aucupēs
Genitive	aucupis	aucupum
Dative	aucupī	aucupibus
Accusative	aucupem	aucupēs
Ablative	aucupe	aucupibus
Vocative	auceps	aucupēs

Derived terms

• auceps syllabārum
• aucupor

Related terms

• aucella / avicella
• aviārium
• aviārius
• avicula
• aviculārius
• avipēs
• avis

References

• “auceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a verbal, petty critic; a caviller: syllabarum auceps
    
• “auceps”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “auceps”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin