venor Latin · revision 5596

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *wenh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈweː.nɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvɛː.nor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vēnor''' (present infinitive vēnārī or vēnārier, perfect active vēnātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably a denominative verb from [[itc-pro|*wēno-|t=hunting]] or *wēnā- “hunt”, from a root [[ine-pro|*(H)wenh₁-|t=to desire, strive for]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|वनति|tr=vánati|t=desires, wins]], [[hit|wen-|t=to copulate]] and [[en|win]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The OLD and Wiktionary also mention a root *weyh₁- “to pursue”, seen in [[lt|vejù|t=I chase]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, where a character asks Bromius (Bacchus) why he calls him to hunt in the woods.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go hunting, and with an object to hunt animals, as Plautus' “go and hunt a hare” and Virgil's “I shall hunt fierce boars”.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it was to hunt for or chase after something, as praise, or in Horace the votes of the fickle people.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its derivatives [[vēnātiō]] “hunt, game” and [[vēnātor]] “hunter” belong with it, and ''vēnātiō'' gave Old French ''venoison'' and [[en|venison]] about 1300.^(Etymonline) The verb survives in Romanian ''vâna''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has someone called to go hunting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil says “I shall hunt fierce boars”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''venison'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go hunting.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|hunt]] (animals).^(OLD 2012)

+ # (figurative) To hunt for, chase after.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vēnābulum]]

+ * [[vēnātiō]]

+ * [[vēnātor]]

+ * [[vēnātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|venison]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}