auceps

auceps, cŭpis (cipis, acc. to Vel. Long. Orthogr. p. 2235), comm. [contr. for aviceps, from avis-capio], a bird-catcher, fowler.

• I Lit.: Piscator, pistor apstulit, lanii, coqui, Holitores, myropolae, aucupes, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7 (408): veluti merulis intentus decidit auceps In puteum, Hor. A. P. 458: quasi avis de manu aucupis, Vulg. Prov. 6, 5; ib. Jer. 5, 26; ib. Amos, 3, 5: as a bird-seller: Edicit piscator uti, pomarius, auceps, Hor. S. 2, 3, 227: Non avis aucupibus monstrat, quā parte petatur, Ov. A. A. 3, 669 al.—
• II Trop., a spy, eavesdropper: circumspice dum, ne quis nostro hic auceps sermoni siet, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 9 (955) (cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 14 (609): ne quis... nostro consilio venator adsit cum auritis plagis): Numquis hic est alienus nostris dictis auceps auribus, id. Stich. 1, 2, 45 (102): voluptatum auceps, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contra Ac. 3, 7 (Orell. IV. 2, p. 470): praeco actionum, cantor formularum, auceps syllabarum, a minute and trifling critic, a caviller, id. de Or. 1, 55, 236.

auceps, cupis, m. (zsgz. aus aviceps von avis u. capio), der Vogelsteller, Vogelfänger, I) eig.: myropolae, aucupes, Plaut.: aucupes, venatores, piscatores, Varr.: hamiotae aucupesque, Varr. fr.: merulis intentus auceps, Hor.: ab aucupibus in hunc usum nutriti (turdi), Col. – II) übtr.: peritissimum voluptatum aucupem sapientem esse, der sei ein Weiser, der es in Befriedigung der sinnlichen Lust am weitesten gebracht habe, Cic. fr.: auc. syllabarum, Silbenstecher (der Anwalt, der bei dem Beweis aus dem Wortlaut des Gesetzes auf jeden Buchstaben den stärksten Nachdruck legt u. dabei in spitzfindiger Interpretation stark ist), Cic.: ne quis nostro sermoni auceps sit, horche, Plaut.

auceps , hawk. 1212 aeria ancipitum Fees 197; 1388 onerat se de vj s. viij d. vel de uno rubro aucipite redditus assise ExchScot 165.

2 auceps [CL] , bird-catcher, fowler. b (adj.) preying on birds. c (fig.). d (?) fowling-place. †aupex, qui aucupia exercet GlC A 888 (cf. ib. 958); sicut avem nectit nodosis retibus auceps Aldh. VirgV 1937; c800 nec unus passer cadat in laqueum aucupis Alcuin Ep. 198; quid dicis tu, ~s [AS: fugelere]? quomodo decipis aves? Ælf. Coll. 95; a1128 ibi est j ~s qui tenet vij acras et dim., unde reddit x anseres salvages Chr. Peterb. app. 162; c1153 testibus ‥ Hugone †Aucipite Cart. Chester 232; nisus ‥ dimissus ad predam aucupis evasit aspectum W. Cant. Mir. Thom. V 20; auceps si fueris, sis fraudibus usus opertis: / viscum viscet aves, latitantia retia flectant D. Bec. 1763; eos [phasianos] sic seducunt aucupes Neckam NR I 42; 1279 pro vadiis ij †aucip’ prec’ per diem vj d. Chanc. Misc. 4/1; 1287 Jacke †ancipiti regine et Ade veauterario regine KR Ac 351/24 m. 5; 1330 cuidam aucupi ‥ vj s. viij d. ExchScot 327.  b 1529 accipitres aut aves aucupes Conc. III 721.  c aucupes novitatum rumusculos congerunt J. Sal. Pol. 483D; aucepsque favoris / eloquium Hanv. IV 295.  d 814 cum campis, ‥ paludibus, aucupibus, aquis, mariscis CS 348.

auceps, (13) aucŭpis, m. (avis, capio), oiseleur : Pl. Trin. 408 ; Lucil. Sat. 1320 ; Hor. P. 458 || [fig.] qui est à lʼaffût de, qui épie : Pl. Mil. 955 ; St. 109 ; syllabarum Cic. de Or. 1, 236, éplucheur de syllabes.

auceps , cupis. adj.
打鳥者。弋者。— syllabarum 好挑人錯字音之。

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auceps upis, m

• avis + CAP-, a bird-catcher, fowler: callidus, O.; a poultry-dealer, H.—Fig., a snapper-up, carper: syllabarum.

AUCEPS

AUCEPSa bird-catcher, fowler (Ov. A. A. 3.669 ; Varr. L. L. 8.61, and ap. Non. 1, 97), the occupation called aucupium (Pallad. 13.6). The Romans, like the modern Italians, were fond of the flesh of small birds, and caught them in large quantities. In great families slaves were employed for this purpose, forming a part of the familia rustica, but freedmen and poor people also caught small birds, which they sold at Rome in the vicus Tuscus, near the Forum (Hor. Sat. 2.3, 227; cf. Plant. Trin. 2.4, 7). The fowlers used for catching birds gins and snares (laquei, Pallad. 13.6; pedicae, Verg. G. 1.307), rods tipped with bird-lime (arundines, calami, Mart. 9.54, 3; Petron. 40; Sil. Ital.; Val. Flacc.seq.; Plaut. Bacch. 1.1, 17; calami aucupatorii, Mart. 14.218) [CALAMUS6]; clap-nets, held by two parallel rods or poles (amites, Pallad. 10.12; Hor. Epod. 2.33; amites, perticae aucupales, Fest. p. 21, Müller), in connexion with which decoy-(illex) or call-birds, especially the owl (noctua), were used (Pallad. l. c.; Plaut. As. 1.3, 67); traps (transennae, Plaut. Bacch. 4.5, 22; id. Rud. 4.7, 10; id. Pers. 4.3, 10), &c. The time for catching birds was from December to March (Pallad. 13.6); and the birds most frequently mentioned as caught were thrushes (turdi, Pallad. l. c.; Hor. Epod. 2.33; Plaut. Bacch. 4.5, 22). (See Rein, in Pauly, Encyclop. ii.2 s. v.)

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Auceps

A bird-catcher or fowler, whose occupation was called aucupium (avis+capio). The fowlers used for catching birds gins and snares (laquei, pedicae), rods tipped with bird-lime (arundines, calami), nets held by two parallel rods (amites), and traps (transennae).