HUNT Copy link • HUNT 1. s. Vid: HUNTING and (IMPROP.) SEARCH. 2. v. venari. To hunt through a country or place, venando peragrare aliquem locum: to be a hunting, in venatione esse; venari: to go a hunting, venatum ire: to be fond of hunting, multum esse in venationibus; venandi studiosum esse. The right of hunting, jus venationis or venandi. Hunting party, qui comitantur aliquem venantem (Curt.). To go a hunting with anybody, venantem comitari. IMPROPR., To hunt (i. e., strive after anything), venari aliquid (e.g., laudem); sectari aliquid (e.g., praedam); consectari aliquid (PROP. and IMPROP., e.g., voluptatem); persequi aliquem or aliquid (PROP., to pursue; and figuratively, to strive zealously after anything); insectari aliquem or aliquid (PROP., to pursue); insistere sequi aliquem or aliquid (PROP., to pursue incessantly; e.g., navem). To hunt after prey, sectari praedam: to hunt after enjoyment, voluptates sectari or persequi: to hunt after a shadow (figuratively), umbram persequi, non rem.