vēnātrix

I. a huntress, Verg. A. 1, 319; 9, 178 Heyne.—As adj.: venatrix dea, Ov. M. 2, 454; cf. id. ib. 2, 492; called also puella, Juv. 13, 80: canis, Mart. 11, 69, 2.—Trop.: venatrix sane optima, non ferarum, sed libidinum, Ambros. Virg. 3, 2, 6.