The corpus record — Latin

venatus

venatus · m

hunting

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Where it lives

Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 2 · 2.64/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Argonautica 2 · 0.54/10k
Epistulae 1 · 0.39/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.39/10k
Punica 3 · 0.39/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vēnātus — Lewis & Short

vēnātus, ūs, m.id..

I Lit., hunting, the chase: labor in venatu, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; Verg. A. 7, 747; 9, 605; Ov. M. 3, 163.—Plur., Ov. M. 4, 302; 4, 307; 4, 309.—

II Transf.

A Fishing: capere in venatu, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 31.—

B Game: venatus aggerere, Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 58: vesci venatu, id. 7, 2, 2, § 23; Amm. 23, 6, 50.

In the wild

venatibus Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 17.15.7
venatibus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 23.4.7
venatibus Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.302
venatibus Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.253
venatibus Ausonius, Epistularum 14.41
venatibus Claudian, Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1.187

6 of 29 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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