venaticus Latin · revision 36770

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la vēnor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [weːˈnaː.tɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [veˈnaː.ti.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vēnāticus''' (feminine vēnātica, neuter vēnāticum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vēnor|-āticus|t1=to hunt]] according to the OLD;^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary derives it instead from [[m|la|vēnātus|t=hunting, the chase]], the noun of that verb, with the suffix [[m|la|-icus]].^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) in the phrase ''canis vēnāticus'', a hunting dog.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was used mainly of dogs: Varro, Cicero and Horace speak of hunting dogs and hounds' whelps.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(OLD 2012) Plautus plays on it in a line spoken by a parasite: ''prōlātīs rēbus parasītī vēnāticī sumus'', “when business is adjourned, we parasites are hunting dogs”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it served for everything connected with hunting: game meat (''carō vēnātica''), hunting as an art (the feminine used as a noun), and a hunting dog (the masculine used as a noun).^(DMLBS) As a noun it also named a due paid for the right to hunt.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus speaks of hunting dogs and of parasites as hounds.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro describes a breed of hunting dogs.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero mentions hunting dogs in the speeches against Verres.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace speaks of a young hound (''catulus vēnāticus'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or used in [[m|en|hunting]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''(of dogs)'' hunting.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' On the hunt, in search of something.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of game: ''carō vēnātica'', [[m|en|game]] meat.^(DMLBS)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|hound|alt=hunting dog]].^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, feminine)'' Hunting as an art or pursuit.^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A due paid for the right to hunt.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vēnātus]]

+ * [[vēnātor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}