venatic

English

Etymology

From Latin vēnāticus (“of or pertaining to hunting”), from vēnātus (“hunting, the chase”), from vēnor (“hunt, chase”).

Adjective

venatic (comparative more venatic, superlative most venatic)

1. Of, pertaining to or involved in hunting.
   • 1863, Cambrian Archaeological Association, Archaeologia cambrensis‎^[1], page 72:

     […] consequently, Lost-withiel, as a compound name, would signify the tented encampment of the stranger, an epithet fairly applicable to the first settlers in that locality, who doubtless migrated thither over-sea, and like most venatic tribes without settled residence, dwelt in tents.

   • 2001, Mariane Conchita Ferme, The underneath of things: violence, history, and the everyday in Sierra Leone‎^[2], →ISBN, page 16:

     This is the hunter's "venatic lore" linked to the domain of belief and making believe […]

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to hunting): venatorial

Derived terms

• venatical
• venatically

Related terms

• venation
• venatious
• venatorial
• venery

Translations

of or pertaining to hunting

• Latin: vēnāticus
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• Portuguese: venatório (pt)