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  • 1 auceps

        auceps upis, m    [avis + CAP-], a bird-catcher, fowler: callidus, O.; a poultry-dealer, H.—Fig., a snapper-up, carper: syllabarum.
    * * *
    I
    bird-catcher, fowler; bird seller, poulterer; spy, eavesdropper
    II
    bird-catcher, fowler; bird seller, poulterer; spy, eavesdropper

    Latin-English dictionary > auceps

  • 2 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:

    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 (cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 14:

    ne quis... nostro consilio venator adsit cum auritis plagis): Numquis hic est alienus nostris dictis auceps auribus,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 45:

    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > auceps

  • 3 otacustes

    ōtăcustes, ae, m., = ôtakoustês, a listener, eavesdropper, spy (post-class.): otacustarum relatio, App. de Mundo, p. 69, 31.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > otacustes

См. также в других словарях:

  • Eavesdropper — Eaves drop per, n. One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • eavesdropper — mid 15c., from M.E. eavesdrop, from O.E. yfesdrype place around a house where the rainwater drips off the roof, from EAVE (Cf. eave) (q.v.) + DRIP (Cf. drip). Technically, one who stands at walls or windows to overhear what s going on inside …   Etymology dictionary

  • eavesdropper — eavesdrop ► VERB (eavesdropped, eavesdropping) ▪ secretly listen to a conversation. DERIVATIVES eavesdropper noun. ORIGIN from obsolete eavesdrop «the ground on to which water drips from the eaves» …   English terms dictionary

  • eavesdropper — noun see eavesdrop …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • eavesdropper — See eavesdrop. * * * …   Universalium

  • eavesdropper — noun /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒpə(ɹ)/ one who eavesdrops …   Wiktionary

  • eavesdropper — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, audient, auditor, busybody, gossip, hearer, hearkener, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, listener, nosy Parker, overhearer, pry, querier, querist, questioner, quidnunc, rubberneck, rubbernecker …   Moby Thesaurus

  • eavesdropper — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. listener, wiretapper, hearer, auditor, sleuth, Peeping Tom, snoop* …   English dictionary for students

  • eavesdropper — n. one who listens in on another person s private conversation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • eavesdropper — n. Stealthy listener …   New dictionary of synonyms

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