aucupor

Latin

Alternative forms

• (active form) aucupō

Etymology

From auceps (“bird-catcher”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.ku.por/, [ˈäu̯kʊpɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.ku.por/, [ˈäːu̯kupor]

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