venatio
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin venatio. Doublet of venison and venation.
NounEdit
venatio (countable and uncountable, plural venationes)
- The hunting and slaying of wild animals as a form of entertainment in Ancient Roman amphitheaters.
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From vēnor.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eːˈnaː.ti.oː/, [u̯eːˈnäːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈnat.t͡si.o/, [veˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]
NounEdit
vēnātiō f (genitive vēnātiōnis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vēnātiō | vēnātiōnēs |
Genitive | vēnātiōnis | vēnātiōnum |
Dative | vēnātiōnī | vēnātiōnibus |
Accusative | vēnātiōnem | vēnātiōnēs |
Ablative | vēnātiōne | vēnātiōnibus |
Vocative | vēnātiō | vēnātiōnēs |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “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