LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vēnātiō

vēnātiō f (genitive vēnātiōnis)
Classical[weːˈnaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[veˈnat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. hunting, the chase, venery
  2. hunt

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevēnātiōvēnātiōnēs
genitivevēnātiōnisvēnātiōnum
dativevēnātiōnīvēnātiōnibus
accusativevēnātiōnemvēnātiōnēs
ablativevēnātiōnevēnātiōnibus
vocativevēnātiōvēnātiōnēs

vēnātĭo, ōnis, f. venor,
I. hunting, the chase, venery.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: conditiora facit haec supervacanei operis aucupium atque venatio, Cic. Sen. 16, 56: (Suevi) multum sunt in venationibus, Caes. B. G. 4, 1.—
B. In partic., a hunting spectacle, hunt, battue; also, a combat of wild beasts, exhibited to the people: ludorum venationumque apparatu pecunias profundunt, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55; id. Fam. 7, 1, 3; id. Att. 16, 4, 1; id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; Suet. Caes. 10; 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18; 27; Inscr. Orell. 2556; 2559; v. Smith, Antiq.—
II. Transf., that which is or has been hunted, game: cum miraremur, unde illi eo tempore anni tam multa et varia venatio, Liv. 35, 49, 6: capta venatio, id. 25, 9, 8: frequens ibi et varia, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 8; Cels. 5, 26, 30; 5, 2, 20; 5, 2, 24; 5, 2, 26; Col. 9, praef. 1: septum venationis, a preserve or corer for game, a hunting-park, Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vēnātiō From vēnor + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanvenació
  • Englishvenation
  • Italianvenagione
  • Frenchvenaisonfrom Old French venison
  • Englishvenisonfrom Old French venison
  • Portugueseveação
  • Spanishvenación

In English words that came into English from vēnātiō

  • venisonvēnātiō
  • venatiovēnātiō

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesVenatioVenatio 1. (θήρα, κυνηγεσία.) That hunting was practised as early as the Homeric age, not only for food and profit but also as a sport by the more wea…

Quick answers

What does vēnātiō mean in Latin?
vēnātiō, a noun, means “hunting, the chase, venery; hunt”.
What is the genitive of vēnātiō?
The genitive singular is vēnātiōnis. vēnātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vēnātiō?
In classical Latin, [weːˈnaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [veˈnat.t͡si.o].