Latin

Noun

auceps m ‎(genitive aucupis); third declension

1. a bird-catcher; fowler
2. (figuratively) eavesdropper

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• auceps syllabārum

Related terms

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “auceps”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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