venatio
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin venatio. Doublet of venison and venation.
Noun
venatio (countable and uncountable, plural venationes)
- The hunting and slaying of wild animals as a form of entertainment in Ancient Roman amphitheaters.
Latin
Etymology
From vēnor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯eːˈnaː.ti.oː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈnat.t͡si.o/,
Noun
vēnātiō f (genitive vēnātiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vēnātiō | vēnātiōnēs |
| genitive | vēnātiōnis | vēnātiōnum |
| dative | vēnātiōnī | vēnātiōnibus |
| accusative | vēnātiōnem | vēnātiōnēs |
| ablative | vēnātiōne | vēnātiōnibus |
| vocative | vēnātiō | vēnātiōnēs |
Descendants
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- venatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “venatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin