piratia

Latin

Etymology

From pīrāta +‎ -ia.

Noun

pīrātia f (genitive pīrātiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, rare) piracy

   Synonym: pīrātica (Classical)

   • 1577, unknown, British guild record , (in C. Gross, The Guild Merchant (1890, 2 volumes), book 2, no. 112):

     in consideracione magne pauperitatis et decasus dictorum mercatorum per multa infortunita maris et piratie eis accidencia
     (in a more classical spelling) In cōnsīderātiōne magnae pauperitātis (paupertātis) et dēcāsūs dīctōrum mercātōrum per multa īnfortūnita (īnfortūnia) maris et pīrātiae eīs accidentia

     in consideration of the great proverty and misfortune of the above-mentioned merchants due to unfortunate events with the sea and piracy experienced by them

Further reading

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “piratia”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC