georgic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin georgicum, georgicus.
Noun
[edit]georgic (plural georgics)
- A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folios 71, recto – 71, verso:
- And ſurely if the purpoſe be in good earneſt not to vvrite at leaſure that vvhich mẽ [men] may read at leaſure, but really to inſtruct and ſuborne Action and actiue life, theſe Georgickes of the mind concerning the huſbãdry & tillage thereof, are no leſſe vvorthy thẽ the heroical deſcriptiõs of vertue, duty, & felicity vvherfore the maine & primitiue diuiſion of Morall knovvledge ſeemeth to be into the Exemplar or Platforme of Good, and the Regiment or Culture of the mind; […]
Alternative forms
[edit]- georgick (obsolete)
Adjective
[edit]georgic (comparative more georgic, superlative most georgic)
- Relating to rural affairs.
- Synonym: georgical
- georgic life
- georgic landscape
- georgic tradition
- 2018, Vansire, “That I Miss You”:
- Headed west now from the blighted plain / It’s kind of gorgeous in a georgic way
Alternative forms
[edit]- georgick (obsolete)
References
[edit]- “georgic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French géorgique.
Adjective
[edit]georgic m or n (feminine singular georgică, masculine plural georgici, feminine and neuter plural georgice)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | georgic | georgică | georgici | georgice | |||
| definite | georgicul | georgica | georgicii | georgicele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | georgic | georgice | georgici | georgice | |||
| definite | georgicului | georgicei | georgicilor | georgicelor | ||||
Noun
[edit]georgic m (plural georgici)
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Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | georgic | georgicul | georgici | georgicii | |
| genitive-dative | georgic | georgicului | georgici | georgicilor | |
| vocative | georgicule | georgicilor | |||
References
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