poetry
poetry
subs.
Ar. and P. ποίησις, ἡ.
The art of poetry: P, ἡ ποιητική.
Epic poetry: Ar. and P. ἔπη, τά.
Lyric poetry: Ar. and P. μέλη, τά.
Write poetry, v.: Ar. and P. ποιεῖν.
subs.
Ar. and P. ποίησις, ἡ.
The art of poetry: P, ἡ ποιητική.
Epic poetry: Ar. and P. ἔπη, τά.
Lyric poetry: Ar. and P. μέλη, τά.
Write poetry, v.: Ar. and P. ποιεῖν.
POETRY
poetica or poetice (sc. ars); poesis. To attempt poetry poeticen attingere: to have no taste for poetry alienum esse a poetice: a piece of poetry poema; carmen; cultivation of poetry carminum studium.
poetica or poetice (sc. ars); poesis. To attempt poetry poeticen attingere: to have no taste for poetry alienum esse a poetice: a piece of poetry poema; carmen; cultivation of poetry carminum studium.
poetry:
I. The art or accomplishment:
1. pŏētĭcē, ēs; and -a, ae (Gr. ποιητική): p. the reformer of life, emendatrix vitae poetica, Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: to dabble in p. (without sinister meaning), poeticen attingere, Nep. Att. 18.
2. pŏēsis, is, f.: Quint. 12, 11. 26.
II. That which is composed:
1. pŏēsis: the entire p. of Anacreon is erotic, Anacreontis tota p. est amatoria, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, extr.: Hor. A. P. 361.
2. pŏēma, ătis, n. (usu. a single composition): to write p. (be a poet), poema facere, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 9.
3. carmen, ĭnis, n.: epic p., c. epicum, Quint. 10, 1, 62: history is a sort of prose p., historia quodammodo solutum c., id. 10, 1, 31: Cic.
4. versūs, uum: v.VERSE . Phr.: that is the language of p. *hoc est poetice loqui; genus hoc loquendi est a poetis petitum (v. POETICAL ): those persons take away all the p. of life, *isti omne quod Musas sapit e vita tollunt; vitae quasi lumen decusque adimunt.
I. The art or accomplishment:
1. pŏētĭcē, ēs; and -a, ae (Gr. ποιητική): p. the reformer of life, emendatrix vitae poetica, Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: to dabble in p. (without sinister meaning), poeticen attingere, Nep. Att. 18.
2. pŏēsis, is, f.: Quint. 12, 11. 26.
II. That which is composed:
1. pŏēsis: the entire p. of Anacreon is erotic, Anacreontis tota p. est amatoria, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, extr.: Hor. A. P. 361.
2. pŏēma, ătis, n. (usu. a single composition): to write p. (be a poet), poema facere, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 9.
3. carmen, ĭnis, n.: epic p., c. epicum, Quint. 10, 1, 62: history is a sort of prose p., historia quodammodo solutum c., id. 10, 1, 31: Cic.
4. versūs, uum: v.
poetry
Poetry
- neglected by Spartans: Paus. 3.8.2
- old names used in: Paus. 7.17.7