The corpus record — Latin

venabulum

venabulum · n

a huntingspear

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Where it lives

Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
De Providentia 1 · 2.44/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 1 · 0.69/10k
Metamorphoses 5 · 0.64/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vēnābŭlum — Lewis & Short

vēnābŭlum, i, n.venor,

I a huntingspear.

I Lit., Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 131; Ov. H. 4, 83; id. M. 8, 419; 8, 404; 9, 205; 10, 713; 12, 453; Mart. 14, 31, 1.—

II Transf.: sagittarum, large spear-like arrows, for killing elephants, Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.

In the wild

uenabula Silius Italicus, Punica 1.425
uenabulo Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 p9
venabula Lucan, Pharsalia 1.211
uenabula Silius Italicus, Punica 10.297
venabulo Seneca, De Providentia 1.2.8
venabula Statius, Silvae 2.5.9

6 of 37 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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