poesis
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- poësis
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis, “production, composition”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /poˈeː.sis/, [poˈeːs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈe.sis/, [poˈɛːs̬is]
Noun edit
poēsis f (genitive poēsis); third declension
- poetry
- a poem
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | poēsis | poēsēs |
Genitive | poēsis | poēsium |
Dative | poēsī | poēsibus |
Accusative | poēsim | poēsēs poēsīs |
Ablative | poēsī | poēsibus |
Vocative | poēsis | poēsēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old French: poesie
References edit
- “pŏēsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “poesis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pŏēsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,194/2.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- dramatic poetry: poesis scaenica
- to devote oneself to poetry: se conferre ad poesis studium
- to transplant to Rome one of the branches of poesy: poesis genus ad Romanos transferre
- dramatic poetry: poesis scaenica
- poesis in Ramminger, Johann (2024 May 10 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “poēsis” on page 1,396/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
poesis