venatio

V4E1N1A1T1I1O1

noun

The hunting and slaying of wild animals as a form of entertainment in Ancient Roman amphitheaters.

OriginLatin venatio →
Scrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounvenatio (countable and uncountable, plural venationes)

plural venationes

  1. countableuncountableThe hunting and slaying of wild animals as a form of entertainment in Ancient Roman amphitheaters.

Origin

  1. Latinvenatio
  2. Englishvenatio

Learned borrowing from Latin venatio. Doublet of venison and venation.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Voetian
Cite this entry
APA

venatio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venatio

MLA

“venatio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venatio. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “venatio,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venatio.

Source: venatio on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.