venatio

Si principibus venatio leporis non sit inhonesta, nescio quomodo piscatio cyprinorum videri debeat pudenda.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

The wreckage of one ship, which probably came from Carthage, included bones of horses, rams, goats, and even a lion, which may have been destined for the venatio, an animal hunt staged in an arena for spectators.

Pisa Update 1999

“Iddibal and the others, in the Augustan Games venatio.”

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

One reason this lanista's gladiators were regarded as feeble specimens was that he really specialized in mock hunts: the part of the Games which is called the venatio.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

Then I promised that I would accept having my arm lathered with ointment, if she would tell me what she knew about the men who imported beasts for the venatio.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

Apart from having to take part in mock hunts in the venatio, discovery would have put him at Calliopus 'mercy.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

A lively programme had been advertised for later in the afternoon at the Circus: gladiators, a fom1al venatio, and to start with an execution of prisoners.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

I gather the big new amphitheatre heralds an unparalleled era of happiness among the high-living venatio boys.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

“I suppose the horse shippers are probably the same lot who bring in big cats and other exotics for the venatio?”

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

And what it might mean to Calliopus first to buy a lion with the wrong pedigree for the venatio — and then to have him mysteriously killed.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998