poesis

Latin

Alternative forms

  • :poësis

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis, “production, composition”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /poˈeː.sis/, [pɔˈeː.sɪs]

Noun

poēsis f (genitive poēsis); third declension

  1. poetry
  2. a poem

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative poēsis poēsēs
genitive poēsis poēsium
dative poēsī poēsibus
accusative poēsin poēsēs
ablative poēse poēsibus
vocative poēsis poēsēs

References

  • 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, 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
  • poesis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 20.11.03) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “poēsis” on page 1,396/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Swedish

Noun

poesis

  1. indefinite genitive singular of poesi
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