adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
poēticus
poēticus (feminine poētica, neuter poēticum)
Classical[poˈeː.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[poˈɛː.ti.kus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectivepoetic
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī poētārum est; verbum poēticum.poēticus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | poēticus | poētica | poēticum |
| genitive | poēticī | poēticae | poēticī |
| dative | poēticō | poēticae | poēticō |
| accusative | poēticum | poēticam | poēticum |
| ablative | poēticō | poēticā | poēticō |
| vocative | poētice | poētica | poēticum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | poēticī | poēticae | poētica |
| genitive | poēticōrum | poēticārum | poēticōrum |
| dative | poēticīs | poēticīs | poēticīs |
| accusative | poēticōs | poēticās | poētica |
| ablative | poēticīs | poēticīs | poēticīs |
| vocative | poēticī | poēticae | poētica |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- poetica laude florere
- to be distinguished as a poet.
- numerus poetice vinctus
- poetical rhythm.
pŏētĭcus, a, um, adj., = ποιητικός,
I. poetic, poetical:
verbum, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153: non poëtico sed quodam oratorio numero et modo, id. ib. 1, 33, 151: di, represented by the poets, id. N. D. 3, 31, 151: quadrigae, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2: mella, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44. —Adv.: pŏētĭcē, after the manner of poets, poetically: loqui (perh. not anteAug., since the words ut poëtice loquar, Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 9, seem not to be genuine), Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 1; 2, 5, 5: poëtice vel oratorie, Quint. 9, 1, 13; Lact. 2, 4, 4; 3, 14, 7; Petr. 90.—II. Subst.: pŏētĭca, ae, and pŏētĭcē, ēs, f., = ποιητική, the poetic art, poetry, poesy:
o praeclaram emendatricem vitae poëticam! Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; 1, 1 fin.: attigit quoque poëticen, Nep. Att. 18, 5: a poëtice alienus, Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
poēticus adj.
, ποιητικός, poetic, poetical. verbum: di, represented by the poets: quadrigae: mella, H.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós).
Descendants
- Catalanpoètic
- Germanpoetisch
- Frenchpoétiquefrom Middle French poetique
- Englishpoeticfrom Middle French poetique
- Italianpoetico
- Portuguesepoético
- Romanianpoetic
- Spanishpoético
- Friulianpoetic
- Galicianpoético
In English words that came into English from poēticus
- poeticpoēticus