poetria Latin · revision 10012

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Cicero|origins=grc ποιήτρια}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [poˈeː.tri.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [poˈɛː.tri.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''poētria''' ''f'' (genitive poētriae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ποιήτρια|tr=poiḗtria|t=poetess]], the feminine of [[grc|ποιητής|tr=poiētḗs|t=poet]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Cicero's ''Prō Caeliō'', ''fābulārum poētria''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a poetess, as in Cicero and Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for the art of poetry, and Wiktionary suggests this sense may come from a misreading of ''poētica''.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary) English ''poetry'' (late 14th century) comes partly from it through Old French ''poetrie''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''poetry'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|poetess]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The art of [[m|en|poetry]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[poēta]]

+ * [[poēsis]]

+ * [[poēticus]]

+ * [[en|poetry]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}