English

Noun

venatio ‎(plural venationes)

1. The hunting and slaying of wild animals as a form of entertainment in Ancient Roman amphitheaters.

Latin

Etymology

From vēnor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /weːˈnaː.ti.oː/

Noun

vēnātiō f ‎(genitive vēnātiōnis); third declension

1. hunting, the chase, venery
2. hunt

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: venison
• French: venaison
• Italian: venagione
• Portuguese: veação
• Spanish: venación

References

• venatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• venatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VENATIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “venatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• venatio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin