The corpus record — Latin

venatio

venatio · f

hunting

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Where it lives

De vita Hadriani 2 · 3.9/10k
Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Probus 1 · 2.43/10k
Maximini Duo 1 · 1.84/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
Metamorphoses 7 · 1.31/10k
De Re Coquinaria 2 · 1.28/10k
Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vēnātĭo — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

venatio Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9.pr.1
venationem Celsus, De Medicina 4.12.p8
venatio Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 39 p20
venationis Apuleius, Metamorphoses 10.35
venationibus Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 8.353
venatione Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.22.p2

6 of 62 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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