Lewis Short
vēnātĭo (noun F) : venor
* Hunting, the chase, venery.
* Lit.
* In gen.: conditiora facit haec supervacanei operis aucupium atque venatio,Cic. Sen. 16, 56: (Suevi) multum sunt in venationibus,Caes. B. G. 4, 1.
* Transf., that which is or has been hunted, game: cum miraremur, unde illi eo tempore anni tam multa et varia venatio,Liv. 35, 49, 6: capta venatio,id. 25, 9, 8: frequens ibi et varia,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 8; Cels. 5, 26, 30; 5, 2, 20; 5, 2, 24; 5, 2, 26; Col. 9, praef. 1: septum venationis, a preserve or corer for game, a hunting-park, Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary