aucupium
Latin
Etymology
From auceps (“catcher of birds, fowler”).
Noun
aucupium n (genitive aucupiī or aucupī); second declension
- wildfowling
Declension
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
- auceps
References
- “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
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- minute, pedantic carping at words: verborum aucupium or captatio
- minute, pedantic carping at words: verborum aucupium or captatio