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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós).
Pronunciation
Adjective
poēticus (feminine poētica, neuter poēticum); first/second-declension adjective
- poetic
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
Descendants of poeticus in other languages
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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016