(v. a.P. a.) : vĕnēno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.venenum.
* To poison.
* Lit.: ut spatium caeli quādam de parte venenet,Lucr. 6, 820: carnem,Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 126: telum,id. Quint. 2, 8: sagittas,Hor. C. 1, 22, 3.
* To color, dye: quos (tapetes) concha purpura imbuens venenavit, Cn. Matius poët. ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3: venenatus, Mass. Sabin. ib. 10, 15, 27; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 137.—Hence, vĕnēnātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), filled with poison, envenomed; hence, poisonous, venomous.
* Lit.: colubrae,Lucr. 5, 27: dentes,Ov. H. 12, 95: anguis,id. Ib. 479: morsus,Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Comp.: nihil est usquam venenatius quam in mari pastinaca,Plin. 32, 2, 12, § 25.—Sup.: vipera,Tert. Bapt. 1. —Subst.: vĕnēnāta, ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), venomous animals, Plin. 29, 4, 23, § 74.
* Transf., bewitched, enchanted; magic: virga,Ov. M. 14, 413.
* Trop.: nulla venenato littera mixta joco,harming, biting,Ov. Tr. 2, 566: eos vos muneribus venenatis venistis depravatum, corrupting, dangerous, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35: punctu,App. M. 7, p. 196, 11.