LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

poēsis

poēsis f (genitive poēsis)
Classical[poˈeː.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[poˈɛː.s̬is]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. poetry
  2. a poem

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ars carminum; quod poētae faciunt.
poēsis -is f — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepoēsispoēsēs
genitivepoēsispoēsium
dativepoēsīpoēsibus
accusativepoēsim
poēsem		poēsēs
poēsīs
ablativepoēsī
poēse		poēsibus
vocativepoēsispoēsēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

poesis scaenica
dramatic poetry.
se conferre ad poesis studium
to devote oneself to poetry.
poesis genus ad Romanos transferre
to transplant to Rome one of the branches of poesy.

pŏēsis (pŏĕsis, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 52), is, f., = ποίησις.
I. The art of composing poems, poetry, poesy (rarely so used), Quint. 12, 11, 26.—
II. A poem, poetry (class.): ut pictura, poësis erit: quae, si propius stes, Te capiat magis, etc., Hor. A. P. 361; Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100: Anacreontis tota poësis est amatoria, id. Tusc. 4, 33, 71.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Frenchpoésiefrom Old French poesie
  • GermanPoesiefrom Old French poesie
  • Romanianpoeziefrom Old French poesie
  • Frenchpoësiefrom Old French poesie
  • Englishpoesyfrom Old French poesie
  • Haitian Creolepwezifrom Old French poesie
  • Danishpoesifrom Old French poesie
  • Russianпоэ́зияfrom Old French poesie
  • Russianпоэ́зіяfrom Old French poesie
  • Afrikaanspoësiefrom Old French poesie

Quick answers

What does poēsis mean in Latin?
poēsis, a noun, means “poetry; a poem”.
What is the genitive of poēsis?
The genitive singular is poēsis. poēsis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce poēsis?
In classical Latin, [poˈeː.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [poˈɛː.s̬is].