poeta Latin · revision 6996

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Ennius|origins=grc ποιητής}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''poēta''' ''m'' (genitive poētae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ποιητής|tr=poiētḗs|t=maker, poet]], from [[m|grc|ποιεῖν|tr=poieîn|t=to make]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) An inscription has the Greek nominative ⟨poētēs⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Ennius, whom he dates 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citations for its special senses are from Plautus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a writer of verse, a poet, as in Cicero, and especially a playwright, as in Plautus and Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In early Latin it also meant a maker or contriver, as Plautus' “no poet ever made a cleverer trick”, and figuratively an artist, a master of some skill.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a poet.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of a divinely inspired poet, of a Welsh household bard, and of one who invents or lies.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''poeta'', and [[en|poet]] came through Old French in the early 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius has the word.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a playwright and of a contriver.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a poet.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''poet'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|poet]], a writer of verse.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|playwright]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A maker, contriver; a person of great skill.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|bard]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[poēma]]

+ * [[poēsis]]

+ * [[poēticus]]

+ * [[en|poet]]

+ * [[en|poetry]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}