auceps syllabarum in Latin

IPA: [ˈau̯.kɛps syl.laˈbaː.rũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaːu̯.t͡ʃeps sil.laˈbaː.rum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From auceps (“bird-catcher”) + syllabārum (“of syllables”). Head templates: {{la-noun|auceps/aucup<3.M> syllabārum}} auceps syllabārum m (genitive aucupis syllabārum); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|auceps/aucup<3.M> syllabārum}} Forms: auceps syllabārum [canonical, masculine], aucupis syllabārum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], auceps syllabārum [nominative, singular], aucupēs syllabārum [nominative, plural], aucupis syllabārum [genitive, singular], aucupum syllabārum [genitive, plural], aucupī syllabārum [dative, singular], aucupibus syllabārum [dative, plural], aucupem syllabārum [accusative, singular], aucupēs syllabārum [accusative, plural], aucupe syllabārum [ablative, singular], aucupibus syllabārum [ablative, plural], auceps syllabārum [singular, vocative], aucupēs syllabārum [plural, vocative]

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    {
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    {
      "form": "aucupī syllabārum",
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    {
      "form": "aucupibus syllabārum",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "aucupem syllabārum",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "form": "aucupe syllabārum",
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      "form": "aucupibus syllabārum",
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          "english": "And as a result, a lawyer in and of himself ends up being merely some kind of diligent and shrewd legal tradesman, a crier of legal actions, a singer of legal formulas, a trapper of syllables.",
          "ref": "55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 1.236.7",
          "text": "Ita est tibi iūris cōnsultus ipse per sē nihil nisi lēguleius quīdam cautus et acūtus, praecō āctiōnum, cantor fōrmulārum, auceps syllabārum."
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      "ipa": "[ˈaːu̯.t͡ʃeps sil.laˈbaː.rum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "aucupibus syllabārum",
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        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin multiword terms",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms spelled with Y",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "ref": "55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 1.236.7",
          "text": "Ita est tibi iūris cōnsultus ipse per sē nihil nisi lēguleius quīdam cautus et acūtus, praecō āctiōnum, cantor fōrmulārum, auceps syllabārum."
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      "ipa": "[ˈaːu̯.t͡ʃeps sil.laˈbaː.rum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}

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"auceps syllabarum" meaning in Latin

Noun