accĭpĭter (noun M.f) : (earlier also tĕris, Prisc. p. 695 P.), m. (f. Lucr. 4, 1006) [com. deriv. from accipio; see 2. acceptor; but cf. ὠκύπτερος, swift-winged], a general name for birds of prey, esp. those of the falcon kind, Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 21; Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 16; Lucr. 5, 107; Cic. N. D. 3, 19; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50 al.
* In partic.
* Transf., of a rapacious man: labes populi, pecuniai accipiter,Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 5.
* The sparrowhawk, Falco Nisus, Linn., used in fowling; Mart. 14, 216.

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