poeticus

Latin

Alternative forms

• poëticus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poˈeː.ti.kus/, [poˈeːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈe.ti.kus/, [poˈɛːt̪ikus]

Adjective

poēticus (feminine poētica, neuter poēticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. poetic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	poēticus	poētica	poēticum		poēticī	poēticae	poētica
Genitive	poēticī	poēticae	poēticī		poēticōrum	poēticārum	poēticōrum
Dative	poēticō		poēticō		poēticīs
Accusative	poēticum	poēticam	poēticum		poēticōs	poēticās	poētica
Ablative	poēticō	poēticā	poēticō		poēticīs
Vocative	poētice	poētica	poēticum		poēticī	poēticae	poētica

Descendants

Descendants of poeticus in other languages

• → Catalan: poètic (learned)
• → German: poetisch (learned)
• → Middle French: poetique (learned)
  • French: poétique
  • → English: poetic
• → Friulian: poetic (learned)
• → Galician: poético (learned)
• → Interlingua: poetic
• → Italian: poetico (learned)
• → Polish: poetycki
• → Portuguese: poético (learned)
• → Romanian: poetic (learned)
• → Spanish: poético (learned)

References

• “poeticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “poeticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• poeticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be distinguished as a poet: poetica laude florere
    
  • (ambiguous) poetical rhythm: numerus poetice vinctus
    
• poeticus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016