aucupor
Latin
Alternative forms
- (active form) aucupō
Etymology
From auceps (“bird-catcher”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ku.por/, [ˈäu̯kʊpɔr]
- (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.
- Synonym: vēnor
- 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) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Derived terms
- aucupābundus
- aucupātiō
- aucupātōrius
- aucupātus
Related terms
- auceps
Descendants
- Aromanian: apuc, apucari (possibly)
- Romanian: apuca, apucare (possibly)
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, 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