noun · femininefirst declension
pīrātica
pīrātica f (genitive pīrāticae)
Classical[piːˈraː.tɪ.ka]Ecclesiastical[piˈraː.ti.ka]
Meaning
- piracy
pīrāticam facere, exercēre
to commit piracyQui in magistratu nisi rogationem de piratico bello tulisset, profecto egestate et improbitate coactus piraticam ipse fecisset
If he [Aulus Gabinius] hadn't brought that law through on the Pirate War [the Lex Gabinia], of course he himself would have committed piracy due to his own poverty and wickedness57 BCE, Cicero, Post Reditum in Senatu 11
Origins
Derived from pīrāticus, perhaps via ellipsis of ars pīrātica. Compare mūsica, from Ancient Greek τέχνη μουσική (tékhnē mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”).