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vēnātĭo , ōnis, f. venor,
I.hunting, the chase, venery.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “conditiora facit haec supervacanei operis aucupium atque venatio,” Cic. Sen. 16, 56: “(Suevi) multum sunt in venationibus,” Caes. B. G. 4, 1.—
B. In partic., a hunting spectacle, hunt, battue; also, a combat of wild beasts, exhibited to the people: “ludorum venationumque apparatu pecunias profundunt,” Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55; id. Fam. 7, 1, 3; id. Att. 16, 4, 1; id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; Suet. Caes. 10; 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18; 27; Inscr. Orell. 2556; 2559; v. Smith, Antiq.—
II. Transf., that which is or has been hunted, game: “cum miraremur, unde illi eo tempore anni tam multa et varia venatio,” Liv. 35, 49, 6: “capta venatio,” id. 25, 9, 8: “frequens ibi et varia,” Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 8; Cels. 5, 26, 30; 5, 2, 20; 5, 2, 24; 5, 2, 26; Col. 9, praef. 1: septum venationis, a preserve or corer for game, a hunting-park, Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.1.3
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.4.1
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 4.1
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 10
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 43
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 18
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.6.8
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.2
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.26
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 49.6
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.8
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 16
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.16
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