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Latin
Etymology
From pīrāta + -ia.
Noun
pīrātia f (genitive pīrātiae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin, rare) piracy
- Synonym: pīrātica (Classical)
1577, unknown,
British guild record , (in C. Gross,
The Guild Merchant (1890, 2 volumes), book 2, no. 112):
[1]- in consideracione magne pauperitatis et decasus dictorum mercatorum per multa infortunita maris et piratie eis accidencia
(in a more classical spelling) In cōnsīderātiōne magnae pauperitātis (paupertātis) et dēcāsūs dīctōrum mercātōrum per multa īnfortūnita (īnfortūnia) maris et pīrātiae eīs accidentia- in consideration of the great proverty and misfortune of the above-mentioned merchants due to unfortunate events with the sea and piracy experienced by them
Further reading
- ^ as cited in "piratia", Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources