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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ποιήτριᾱ (poiḗtriā).
Noun
poētria f (genitive poētriae); first declension
- a female poet, poetess
- Synonym: poētissa
- (Medieval Latin) a poet's wife
- Synonym: poētissa
Declension
First-declension noun.
Coordinate terms
poēta (“poet”)
Etymology 2
Perhaps as a medieval misreading of poētica.
Noun
poētria f (genitive poētriae); first declension
(Medieval Latin)
- the art of poetry, poesy
- Synonyms: poētica, poēsis
- a poetic composition, poem
- Synonyms: poēsis, poēma, carmen, versūs
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “poētria” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “poetria”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
- “poetria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “poetria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- poetria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- poetria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.