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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• hunt (v.): vēnor, 1: to h. the hare by means of hounds, canibus leporem v., Virg. G. 3, 410: also absol., to keep dogs for h.ing, canes alere ad venandum, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 30: Cic. See also hunting (subs.). Fig.: to hunt miserly widows (for their money), viduas v. avaras, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 78: v. to pursue, SEEK AFTER.
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• hunt, hunting (subs.):
      1. 1. expr. by vēnor, 1: when you go for a h., go a h.ing, quum venabere, Plin. Ep. 1, 6, 3: Cic.: v. to hunt; and chase (subs.).
      2. 2. vēnātus, ūs (act of h.ing): exertion in h.ing, labor in venatu, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98: to take (physical) exercise in h.ing, venatu corpore exercere, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, fin.: Virg.: Ov.
      3. 3. vēnātio (= preced.): the stillness which is necessary for h.ing, silentium quod venationi datur, Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 2: Caes.: v. chase (subs.). Esp. of the hunts exhibited in the Circus: cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 1, med., sunt venationes binae per dies quinque: Suet. Belonging to h.ing, necessary for h.ing, venatorius: h.ing equipment, instrumentum venatorium, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 3: Petr.: Suet.: v. foll. artt.
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• HUNT
1. s. Vid: HUNTING and (IMPROP.) SEARCH.
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  • 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.