aucupor

Latin

Alternative forms

  • (active form) aucupō

Etymology

From auceps (“bird-catcher”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

aucupor (present infinitive aucupārī, perfect active aucupātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to go bird-catching or fowling
    Synonym: vēnor
  2. to catch or take bees
  3. to chase, strive for; to be 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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present aucupārī — aucupāns —
future aucupātūrum esse — aucupātūrus aucupandus
perfect aucupātum esse — aucupātus —
future perfect aucupātum fore — — —
perfect potential aucupātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
aucupandī aucupandō aucupandum aucupandō aucupātum aucupātū

Derived terms

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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with..: gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucupari
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