venatura

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

vēnātūra, ae, f. [venor],

hunting , the chase; trop.: viden' tu illam oculis venaturam facere atque aucupium auribus? how she hunts about with her eyes? is on the watch? Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 43.