aucupium
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).
| 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