poetica licentia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “poetic licence”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /poˈeː.ti.ka liˈken.ti.a/, [poˈeːt̪ɪkä lʲɪˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈe.ti.ka liˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [poˈɛːt̪ikä liˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
[edit]poētica licentia f (genitive poēticae licentiae); first declension
- (rhetoric) poetic licence (any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken to achieve a desired effect)
- c. 95 CE, Quintilian, Institutes of Oratory 2.4.3:
- […] neque rursus sinuosa et arcessitis descriptionibus, in quas plerique imitatione poeticae licentiae ducuntur, lasciviat.
- […] nor, on the other hand, should it be sinuous or frolic in extraneous descriptions, in which most people are led into by imitation of poetic license.
- […] neque rursus sinuosa et arcessitis descriptionibus, in quas plerique imitatione poeticae licentiae ducuntur, lasciviat.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun with a first-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | poētica licentia | poēticae licentiae |
| genitive | poēticae licentiae | poēticārum licentiārum |
| dative | poēticae licentiae | poēticīs licentiīs |
| accusative | poēticam licentiam | poēticās licentiās |
| ablative | poēticā licentiā | poēticīs licentiīs |
| vocative | poētica licentia | poēticae licentiae |
Descendants
[edit]- → Polish: licentia poetica
References
[edit]- “licentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press