aucŭpor

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    Aucupor, pen. corr. aucuparis, aucupari, Deponens. Chasser aux oiseaux, Tendre aux oiseaux.

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    Aucupari, per translationem. vt Aucupari famam. Plin. Tendre, et Tascher de parvenir à avoir bruit.

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    Colligere et aucupari omnia. Cic. Tendre à tous moyens.

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    Delectationem aliquam dicendo aucupari. Cic. Tascher de complaire aux auditeurs.

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    Aucupari sibi famam obtrectatione alienae scientiae. Pli. Tascher d'acquerir bruit et louange en blasmant le scavoir d'autruy.

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    Gratiam alicuius aucupari assentatiuncula quadam. Cic. Tascher à acquerir et gaigner la bonne grace d'aucun par une petite flatterie.

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    Imbecillitatem alicuius aucupari epistolis. Cic. Tascher à surprendre et decevoir, comme on faict les oiseaux.

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    Aucupari errantem aliorum opinionem. Cic. Tascher à suyvre la faulse opinion des autres.

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    Aucupari inanem rumorem. Cic. Recueillir un legier bruit de ville.

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    Aucupari rumusculos imperitorum hominum. Cic. Cercher à estre loué par gens de nulle experience et idiots.

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    Obseruare et aucupari tempus. Cic. Espier le temps, Prendre garde à la saison.

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    Aucupari tranquillitates. Cic. Espier et attendre que le temps soit calme.

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    Verba alicuius aucupari. Se. Escouter sans faire semblant de riens.

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    Aucupari verba, aut vim verborum. Cic. Cercher de pres les dictions, et la proprieté d'icelles.

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    Vtilitatem aucupari. Cic. Cercher prouffit, Pretendre à quelque prouffit.

aucŭpor, ātus, 1, v. dep. and act. [auceps], to go bird-catching or fowling.

Lit.:

Alio loco ut seras ac colas silvam caeduam, alio ubi aucupare,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5; Dig. 41, 1, 3.—Also of taking bees:

spes aucupandi examina,

Col. 3, 8, 8.—

Trop., to chase, give chase to, strive for, be on the look-out for, lie in wait for; watch for, etc. (a favorite figure in prose and poetry; in Cic. perh. twenty times;

syn.: insidior, sequor): Viden scelestus ut aucupatur?

how he gives chase? Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 49:

nos longis navibus tranquillitates aucupaturi eramus,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4:

tempus,

id. Rosc Am. 8, 22:

alicujus imbecillitatem,

id. Fl. 37, 92:

ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnis undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

id. Sest. 56, 119; id. Verr. 1, 3, 9; id. Or. 2, 7 fin.; 14, 59; 63, 256; 19, 63; id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

L. Cassio omnes ramusculos popularis aurae aucupante,

id. Leg. 3, 16, 35; id. Fam. 5, 12, 6 al.: occasionem, Auct. B. Afr. 3 fin.: obtrectatione alienae scientiae famam sibi, Plin. H. N. praef. § 30;

33, 2, 8, § 32: studium populi ac favorem,

Flor. 3, 13, 1:

reconditas voces,

Suet. Aug. 86:

absentiam alicujus,

Just. 29, 4:

somnos,

Ov. H. 13, 107.

Act. form aucŭpo, āre, to watch for, etc.: fructus verborum aures aucupant, Enn. ap. Non. p. 467, 14:

prospectum aucupo, Pac. ib.: in consilio id reges Argivom aucupant, Att. ib.: id ego aucupavi, Titinn. ib.: Paulisper mane: Aucupemus ex insidiis clanculum quam rem gerant,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 31:

num quis est, Sermonem nostrum qui aucupet,

id. Most. 2, 2, 42; so Sen. Herc. Oet. 483:

ex insidiis aucupa,

Plaut. Men. 4, 1, 12:

qui aucupet me quid agam,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 5:

Lepide, mecastor, aucupavi,

id. Truc. 5, 72.—

Pass. form aucupor:

Multa divulgata ac per rumorem vicissim aucupata discuntur,

Lact. 5, 22.

aucupor, ātus sum, ārī (auceps), I) auf den Vogelfang ausgehen, vogelstellen, α) absol., Varr. r. r. 1, 23, 5. Gaius dig. 41, 1, 3. § 1. Ulp. dig. 47, 10, 13. § 7. – β) m. Acc. = einem Tiere nachstellen, es einfangen, volantes, Apul. apol. 34: v. Bienenfang, examina, Col. 9, 8, 8: u. scherzh., pinnas de suis penatibus advectas, Apul. apol. 57. – II) übtr., nach od. auf etw. Jagd machen, nach etw. begierig trachten, auf etw. lauern, warten, nach etw. haschen, absol., viden, scelestus ut aucupatur? Plaut. rud. 1093 (Schöll liest palpatur). – gew. m. Acc., accessum hostium, Auct. b. Afr.: alcis absentiam, Iustin.: occasionem, Auct. b. Afr.: verba, Cic.: errores hominum, Cic.: inanem rumorem, Cic.: tempus alcis, Cic.: m. Abl. (mit, durch), longis navibus tempestates, warten, bis die See ruhiger ist, Cic.: voluptatem auribus, Varr. fr.: gratiam assentatiunculā quādam, Cic.: famam sibi obtrectatione alienae scientiae, Plin. – ⇒ Partic. aucupatus passiv, s. aucupo a. E.

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1) заниматься ловлей птиц Vr, Dig но тж. пчёл (a. examina apum Col)

2) перен. (= aucupo) выслеживать, подстерегать, стараться уловить, выискивать ( errores hominum C); выжидать (occasionem bAfr; absentiam alicujus Just); домогаться, добиваться ( studium populi ac favorem Fl)

capto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [capio].

Prop., to strive to seize, lay hold of a thing with zeal, longing, etc., to catch at, snatch, chase, etc.:

(syn. aucupor, venor): Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 68; so id. ib. 1, 2, 108; Ov. M. 3, 432; 10, 42; cf.:

aquam hianti ore,

Curt. 4, 16, 12; and:

imbrem ore hianti,

id. 4, 7, 14:

laqueo volucres, harundine pisces,

Tib. 2, 6, 23; Verg. G. 1, 139; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Ov. M. 8, 217; cf.:

(meretrices) occurrebant amatoribus: Eos captabant,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

muscas,

Suet. Dom. 3:

modo cervicem, modo crura,

Ov. M. 9, 37:

collum,

id. ib. 3, 428:

patulis naribus auras,

Verg. G. 1, 376; Ov. M. 7, 557; 4, 72:

plumas ore,

id. ib. 8, 198:

umbras et frigora,

Verg. E. 2, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 53:

auribus aëra,

to catch the breeze, id. A. 3, 514:

captata Hesperie,

watched, sought for, Ov. M. 11, 768.—

Figuratively.

In gen., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, try or seek to obtain (syn.: consector, appeto, aucupor;

class.): sermonem,

to watch, listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 8; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 29:

sonitum aure admota,

Liv. 38, 7, 8;

solitudines,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

quid consili,

to adopt, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 91; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; 2, 4, 1:

assensiones alicujus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

plausus,

to covet, id. Pis. 25, 60:

misericordiam,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; id. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

voluptatem,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 24 (opp. praeterire):

risus,

to provoke, strive to excite, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 26; Phaedr. 1, 29, 1:

favorem,

Quint. 6, 1, 25; Suet. Tib. 57: nomen imperatorium, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4:

incerta pro certis,

Sall. C. 20, 2; cf.:

nubes et inania,

Hor. A. P. 230:

libertatis auram,

Liv. 3, 37, 1; cf.:

auram incertae famae,

Curt. 4, 5, 8:

occasionem,

to watch for, Liv. 38, 44, 3; Suet. Caes. 7:

tempus rei,

Quint. 4, 2, 70; Liv. 4, 36, 3:

tempestates,

id. 5, 6, 4:

brevitatem,

Quint. 10, 1, 32:

elegantiam actoris,

id. 11, 3, 184:

leporem propositionum ac partitionum,

id. 11, 1, 53:

solas sententias multas,

id. 8, 5, 30:

auctoritatem contemptu ceterorum,

id. 12, 3, 12; 9, 2, 98; cf. id. 11, 3, 142:

vox non captata, sed velut oblata,

id. 9, 3, 73. —With inf. as object:

prendique et prendere captans,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

laedere aliquem,

Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

opprimere,

id. 5, 3, 2:

acquirere voluptates,

Col. 8, 11, 1.—

With a clause as object: cum, an marem editura esset variis captaret (i. e. magno studio quaereret) ominibus,

Suet. Tib. 14.—

In partic.

(Acc. to capio, II. 2.) To seek to catch or take one in a crafty manner, to lie in wait for, seek to entrap, to entice, allure (constr. quem, quod, quem cujus rei, cum quo, inter se, or absol.):

magnum hoc vitium vino'st: Pedes captat primum, luctator dolosu'st,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 6; cf.

captatio: quā viā te captent, eādem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16:

tu si me impudicitiae captas, capere non potes,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189; 1, 1, 266; 2, 2, 163; id. Men. 4, 2, 83:

astutemihi captandum'st cum illoc,

id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

quid ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te an loquentem?

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

est quiddam quod suā vi nos adliciat ad sese, non emolumento captans aliquo, sed trahens suā dignitate,

id. Inv. 2, 52, 157:

hostem insidiis,

Liv. 2, 50, 3:

inter se,

id. 44, 24, 8; 44, 25, 12: verba ( to interpret sophistically; cf. captio), Dig. 10, 4, 19.— Absol.: contra est eundum cautim et captandum mihi, Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 12; p. 512, 50: in colloquiis insidiari [p. 289] et captare, Liv. 32, 33, 11 ( = captionibus uti, studere fallere).—Hence,

A standing expression, to practise legacy - hunting, to hunt for legacies (aliquem or aliquod):

testamenta senum,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 23; cf.

hereditatem,

Dig. 29, 6, 1:

homines,

Petr. 116, 6; Mart. 6, 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; 4, 2, 2; Juv. 16, 56 al.; cf. captator and captatorius.—

To take up, begin, of discourse:

ubi captato sermone diuque loquendo ad nomen venere Jovis,

Ov. M. 3, 279.

aucupābundus, a, um (aucupor), spähend, lauernd, Tert. de anim. 39.

aucupātio, ōnis, f. (aucupor), das Vogelstellen, der Vogelfang, Ps. Quint. decl. 13, 8. – übtr., quid tibi aucupatio est argumentum? Caecil. com. 62: u. auc. novarum rerum, das Trachten nach N., Oros. 5, 19, 10.

aucupātor, ōris, m. (aucupor), I) eig., der Vogelsteller, Gloss. II, 569, 13. – II) übtr., der Hascher nach etw., eventuum (von den Haruspices), Oros. 5, 4, 19: pecuniarum, Boëth. Arist. elench. sophist. 1, 2. p. 734.

aucupātōrius, a, um (aucupor), zum Vogelfang geeignet ( passend) od. dienlich, amplitudo (Größe), Plin. 16, 169: arundo, Plin. 16, 172: calamus, Mart. 14, 218 lemm.

aucupātus, ūs, m. (aucupor), der Vogelfang, amavit aucupatus, Capitol. Anton. phil. 4, 9.