overhear Copy link Outline 1. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to "catch")2. exaudio, 4 (to hear from a distance or outside)3. ausculto, 1 (to listen and so hear)4. aucŭpo, 1 (lit. to catch, like a fowler) • overhear: 1. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to "catch"): one of the slaves o.d the conversation, sermonem ex servis unus excepit, Liv. 2, 4, ad fin. 2. exaudio, 4 (to hear from a distance or outside): an altercation arose between the pullarii, and was o.d by some Roman knights, altercatio inter pullarios orta exaudita (est) ab Romanis equitibus, Liv. 10, 40, med.: v. to hear. 3. ausculto, 1 (to listen and so hear): to o. anything at the door, aliquid ab ostio a., Pl. Merc. 2, 4, 9. 4. aucŭpo, 1 (lit. to catch, like a fowler): Pl. Most. 2, 2, 42 (auc. sermonem nostrum).