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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *awikaps. Equivalent to avis (“bird”) + -ceps (“catcher”).
Pronunciation
Noun
auceps m (genitive aucupis); third declension
- a bird-catcher; fowler
- (figuratively) eavesdropper
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
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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, 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