Auceps syllabarum
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A caviler.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. A catcher of syllables. One who takes (or offers to take) advantage of trifling verbal inaccuracies, watching or lying at catch for the mistakes of others, like a fowler or bird catcher, (auceps); a catching, captious, tricky pleader, or practitioner. Cic. de Orat. i. 66.