aucupor
Latin
Alternative forms
- (active form) aucupō
Etymology
From auceps (“bird-catcher”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ku.por/, [ˈäu̯kʊpɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ku.por/, [ˈäːu̯kupor]
Verb
aucupor (present infinitive aucupārī, perfect active aucupātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I go bird-catching or fowling.
- I catch or take bees.
- I chase, strive for; I am on the lookout, lie in wait or watch for.
Conjugation
Conjugation of aucupor (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | aucupor | aucupāris, aucupāre |
aucupātur | aucupāmur | aucupāminī | aucupantur |
imperfect | aucupābar | aucupābāris, aucupābāre |
aucupābātur | aucupābāmur | aucupābāminī | aucupābantur | |
future | aucupābor | aucupāberis, aucupābere |
aucupābitur | aucupābimur | aucupābiminī | aucupābuntur | |
perfect | aucupātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | aucupātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | aucupātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | aucuper | aucupēris, aucupēre |
aucupētur | aucupēmur | aucupēminī | aucupentur |
imperfect | aucupārer | aucupārēris, aucupārēre |
aucupārētur | aucupārēmur | aucupārēminī | aucupārentur | |
perfect | aucupātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | aucupātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | aucupāre | — | — | aucupāminī | — |
future | — | aucupātor | aucupātor | — | — | aucupantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | aucupārī | aucupātum esse | aucupātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
participles | aucupāns | aucupātus | aucupātūrus | — | — | aucupandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
aucupandī | aucupandō | aucupandum | aucupandō | aucupātum | aucupātū |
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Descendants
References
- “aucupor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aucupor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aucupor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with..: gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucupari
- to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with..: gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucupari