aucupor Latin · revision 33961

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂eu-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈau̯.kʊ.pɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈaːu̯.ku.por]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aucupor''' (present infinitive aucupārī, perfect active aucupātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ An active ''aucupō'' is used by early writers.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|auceps|-ō|t1=bird-catcher]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|auceps]] from ⟨*au̯i-kaps⟩, a compound of [[m|la|avis|t=bird]] and the root of [[m|la|capiō|t=to take]];^(de Vaan 2008) the bird word goes back to [[itc-pro|*awi-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eu-i-|t=bird]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan finds it first in Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) In the ''Truculentus'' it is used figuratively, of a fine catch made to one's liking.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its literal sense is to go bird-catching or fowling: Varro speaks of one place for coppice wood and another for fowling, and Pliny the Elder of men and hawks hunting birds together.^(OLD 2012) Columella uses it of catching swarms of bees.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to watch someone in order to take advantage of them, to lie in wait, as in Plautus' ''Mostellaria'', where a speaker looks round for anyone eavesdropping.^(OLD 2012) It also means to be on the lookout for, try to catch or snatch at: Pacuvius has someone casting looks in every direction.^(OLD 2012) Old Latin and Varro also use an active ''aucupō''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus figuratively and of eavesdroppers.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of looking out in every direction.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a place for fowling.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of catching swarms of bees.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go bird-catching or [[m|en|fowling]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(present participle as noun)'' a fowler; to catch (bees).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To keep watch on, [[m|en|lie in wait]] for.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be on the lookout for, hunt after, try to obtain, snatch at.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aucupābundus]]

+ * [[aucupātiō]]

+ * [[aucupātōrius]]

+ * [[aucupātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[auceps]]

+ * [[avis]]

+ * [[aucupium]]

+ * [[capiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}