vēnāticus, a, um, adj. venatus, of or belonging to hunting, hunting-. 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.

—* Transf.: prolatis rebus parasiti venatici sumus, i. e. lean or gaunt like hounds, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 17.