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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vēnātĭcus: a, um, adj. venatus,
I of or belonging to hunting, hunting-.
I 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.—*
II Transf.: prolatis rebus parasiti venatici sumus, i. e. lean or gaunt like hounds, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 17.