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

  1. I go bird-catching or fowling.
    Synonym: vēnor
  2. I catch or take bees.
  3. 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

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
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