poetria

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ποιήτριᾱ (poiḗtriā).

Alternative forms

  • poetris, poetrida

Noun

poētria f (genitive poētriae); first declension

  1. a female poet, poetess
    Synonym: poētissa
  2. (Medieval Latin) a poet's wife
    Synonym: poētissa
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative poētria poētriae
Genitive poētriae poētriārum
Dative poētriae poētriīs
Accusative poētriam poētriās
Ablative poētriā poētriīs
Vocative poētria poētriae
Coordinate terms

poēta (poet)

Etymology 2

Perhaps as a medieval misreading of poētica.

Noun

poētria f (genitive poētriae); first declension

(Medieval Latin)

  1. the art of poetry, poesy
    Synonyms: poētica, poēsis
  2. a poetic composition, poem
    Synonyms: poēsis, poēma, carmen, versūs
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative poētria poētriae
Genitive poētriae poētriārum
Dative poētriae poētriīs
Accusative poētriam poētriās
Ablative poētriā poētriīs
Vocative poētria poētriae

References

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.
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