adjective

vēnātĭcus

fem. vēnātĭca · neut. vēnātĭcum

belonging to hunting; hunting-

of or belonging to hunting, hunting-.

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Lit.: canis, a hunting-dog, hound, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 113; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31; cf.: genus canum, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 2: catulus, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 65.—*

lean; gaunt like hounds by extension

Transf.: prolatis rebus parasiti venatici sumus, i. e. lean or gaunt like hounds, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 17.

Perseus ID: n50391 Key: venaticus